Melbourne

I spent a few days back in Dubai after Europe and then I escaped the heat and headed south to Australia for the remainder of my holiday. I flew Dubai/Singapore/Melbourne and stopped off to spend some time with Doug.

I haven't been to Melbourne for ages. My favourite spot is St Kilda down on the water, it was freezing but worth it to walk along the pier as the sun set.

Here I am wearing a jacket (a bit of a novelty really...) We had a coffee out at the end of the pier. Here is the view back in towards St. Kilda.

It did rain while we were out there. Oh well, what more can you expect from Melbourne!

It's a bit difficult to see but in the photo blow there is the Spitit of Tasmania, you can see the white blob. And there is brother Doug as well!

I don't love Melbourne (could be due to my paranoia about suburbia) but I can see how people do. The public transport is amazing and there are things going on and interesting people everywhere. After we went to St Kilda we got a tram back into the city and walked along the Yarra to the Crown Casino. I am not a gambling woman but it was worth a look, I actually felt strangely like I was back in Dubai as we walked in....

Here is the big fountain out the front, it is a circular design, jets of water pop up in all sorts of patterns. There were heaps of people trying to run to the center without getting wet... Doug... Which was quite amusing.

Every hour on the hour they burn these huge gas torches. There is some crazy figure like each blast the gas consumed is the equivelant to the gas one house hold would take a year to use... I probably got that quite wrong.... It's impressive though!

Another long post, sorry! More Australia to come. Actually, it is mostly more Australians to come!