A Day Around Melbourne

After booking our bus ticket for the airport we went to explore the hustle and bustle of Melbourne City, with its busy streets and lots of different sights and sounds from trains, trams, cars, fire engine sirens and hoards of people crossing streets.

Armed with our street map we walked towards the 'Victoria Markets' once there we were amazed at the size of the market with stalls selling everything from leather belts, bags, clothes, jewellery and souvenir kangaroos and fruit and veg, the place was very busy. Not sure were to start so we walked up and down the isles dodging in and out of the crowds. There is so much to see food markets selling pasta and olives, cold meats, sausages, fresh meat and fish, huge crabs and snappers. This is the place to buy your food they were even catering for lunches. Once back out side the next thing we saw was the fruit and veg stalls, traders calling out selling their produce it was magical have never seen so much and such different varieties of veg and fruit in one place before.

Now back to the centre a rest outside the state library. Our next decision, is to ride the circular tram route around the CBD (Central Business District), tram number 35, some of trams were old style, before each stop there is piped information on the points of interest, you can even get off and visit or just stay on and travel all the way round, your choice they go clockwise or anti-clockwise, running roughly every 12 minutes.
Note, they can be rather crowded and getting a seat is more like musical chairs as people get on and off but there is plenty of standing room.


We disembarked the tram outside the Art Gallery, and took a walk amongst the buildings which were amazing in design, lots of different shapes and angles, there were deckchairs available to just sit in and relax, admire the view and enjoy the sunshine, a good 'chillout' place.

Random Art

Fortified with a beer and a light lunch of duck spring rolls freshly made slaw, chilli and soap  flavoured dip accompanied by straw fries, we strolled up the main shopping street and investigated the ally ways.
Ps:- soap flavoured = the taste of coriander. (to Jeannette)


The side streets were full of little gems of street cafe and alfresco dining, small and intimate little places that you can only find if you take time to get out and explore, don't just keep to the main streets, surprises are lurking around every corner if you take the time to find them!!!!

Now for the best bit..>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Said that there were surprises!!! We found this street art down one of the small side streets, I wonder how many people have just walked passed and not noticed it..........

It's up to you to find this!!!!

For Neil