After a long journey with plenty of rest breaks for the lone driver, we arrived bright and early in Melbourne.
We were staying outside the centre so purchased a Myki (like Oyster) card for the train to take us to our accomodation. We dropped off our bags and headed straight back into the city.
We were aiming for a Albert park with a big lake and a race track as this weekend is the Melbourne Grandprix! We made our way through the botanic gardens, through a pretty little (exclusive) residential area ... and found the circuit. Many helicopters and the Australian version of the Red Arrows helped pin point the spot. As we drew nearer we could hear the roar of the F1 cars!
We didn't have tickets so peeked through the fence. We watched as number of cars whizzed past and we could hear the commentator really clearly ... Hamilton, Button and all the famous drivers were mentioned!
We moved on and caught a bus to St Kilda, a small funky part of the city near the beach. There was a yacht race taking place in the bay, where it was a little breezy but the star attraction ... the penguins! Sheltering amongst the rocks were the penguins, with many feathers scattered everywhere. Very cute!
We eventually caught the bus back to the centre. As we passed the theatre, the bus filled up with people leaving a UK show, Mrs Brown's boys. They shared funny stories from show with us on the bus. They were all on a high.
Finally, we caught the train back to where we were staying for the night and played Scrabble.
We were staying outside the centre so purchased a Myki (like Oyster) card for the train to take us to our accomodation. We dropped off our bags and headed straight back into the city.
We were aiming for a Albert park with a big lake and a race track as this weekend is the Melbourne Grandprix! We made our way through the botanic gardens, through a pretty little (exclusive) residential area ... and found the circuit. Many helicopters and the Australian version of the Red Arrows helped pin point the spot. As we drew nearer we could hear the roar of the F1 cars!
We didn't have tickets so peeked through the fence. We watched as number of cars whizzed past and we could hear the commentator really clearly ... Hamilton, Button and all the famous drivers were mentioned!
We moved on and caught a bus to St Kilda, a small funky part of the city near the beach. There was a yacht race taking place in the bay, where it was a little breezy but the star attraction ... the penguins! Sheltering amongst the rocks were the penguins, with many feathers scattered everywhere. Very cute!
We eventually caught the bus back to the centre. As we passed the theatre, the bus filled up with people leaving a UK show, Mrs Brown's boys. They shared funny stories from show with us on the bus. They were all on a high.
Finally, we caught the train back to where we were staying for the night and played Scrabble.
