Melbourne

So we have reached our final destination in Australia - Melbourne. What took under 3 hours flight time has undone the 5 1/2 weeks of driving up to the north of the east coast and brought us to the very bottom!



Melbournes centre is quite small and is really easy to navigate with its new york style grid system of roads. Trams are the main form of transport and there is a free one that goes round the whole city (we spent a large proportion of our time being rocked to sleep on this tram - not much to do if the old cash flow is low!!).



It is a great city to walk around and just look around; plenty of shopping (which we didn't do) and loads of great restaurants (which we didn't eat in - free pasta at the hostel has meant we have become rather bloated!!).



We found a great little crepe place in the central station, which we have had every day on emmas demand!! The central station itself has been converted from a factory that used to make bullets, and has incredible brick work inside - though em was more interested in the UGG shop that was inside the old factory than the bricks that made it!!



We also spent time at the Queen Victoria Markets, a huge market that sells everything from veg to clothes to tacky tourist bits! We spent many an hour looking for uggs for livi (much to sams dismay!) Eventually we found the right size and colour!

Very sad to be leaving Oz, but onto our next adventure...Hong Kong!