After walking around the town in search of coffee (which we initially never found) we all split up and went our own ways around the city. Myself, Thomas, Alexis, Claire and Sophie headed to Chinatown to the Chinese Museum, to learn about the history of the city’s Chinese community. One of the most interesting, and horrifying things were the traditional shoes women wore, which made the feet pointed.
After eventually finding coffee, the five of us sat outside the Victorian Parliament. A security guard took our photo an then said there was a free tour starting in five minutes. Well why not? It was a really good tour, and we sat in the members’ chairs discussing about the need for more forks!
We then tried to find the others near to the Melbourne museum, but it was a case of , are you at this church or that church (:P). We then spread out again; Thomas, Me, Alexis and Sophie striking various poses on the “Roman” ruins near the museum, walking through one of the parks (“Wow, I’m in a really huge tree. That’s WICKED!”) and going to a beautiful cathedral called St Pauls or something like that. Then we hopped on the free tram to Federation Square, a really modern complex by the Yarra River, before heading back to the hostel.
Our hostel turned out to be not that good. Poor Christina was bitten all over by bed bugs, and the hostel only gave her a night’s refund! It’s amazing that no one else got bitten. We met up at the hostel with our old Outback friend Shanti and ate there before heading to s bar which had excellent rooftop views of the city. A fantastic day.
Sadly we had to say goodbye to a few people who weren't joining us in Tasmania, so thanks to Thomas, Kalina, Alexis, Sophie, Tiago, Christina, Maja, Marco, Lina and Clare for making this part of the trip a success!
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One glorious day in Melbourne.
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