melbourne...

monday

on monday 16.08.2010 at 0130hrs (nope unfortunately i'm not kidding...) me, mama and miss laura got on board the dodgiest flight i've ever seen... ever - thankfully their cheapness outweighs their dodginess... (tiger airways - we ain't fancy - but we cheap eh!) and made our way to melbourne! :)

upon our arrival (at 445 perth time... ugh) we were met by the lovely kris and chauffered to our apartment, where we dumped our bags and set out to explore...


first stop... federation square to collect bulk tourist crap to ensure we see everything!!

then a wander of the city... ending in chinatown, before getting on the tourist loop bus and letting them take us around the city until we could check in to said apartment (which btw was amazing!! highly recommend...)

tourist loop bus was fab - get to see the whole city, sight by sight from the warmth of the bus... only thing is - when you're as tired as i was?? i fell asleep with my head against the window, and only woke up because i started to drool. shamed out!!!
needless to say... we had a very early night!!

tuesday
queen victoria markets!!! we had a great old time browsing through piles of crap and the occasional wonderful find for the morning...

we made a quick pit stop to grab some churros (yummo)

before heading to harbourtown where miss laura got 6 outfits - that's right - you read correctly - 6 - for $20 and i got an awesome seconds shirt for $5. fun fun fun.

we also ran into some old family friends - the blues brothers!!

dinner that night was enjoyed at the pancake parlour (if you ever have the chance - get to it!!) awesome savoury pancakes, followed by maple syruped and icecreamed ones for dessert, and i simply ♥ their interior design crew!

...what could possibly be cooler than this giant tree indoors??

that's right... pretty much nothing.

wednesday


we stepped back in time and boarded the titanic, via the exhibition at the melbourne museum. this was a very awesome experience, seeing everything full scale, rooms and corridors and even the grand staircase. i loved it! we were all given boarding passes and the chance to find out our fate at the end of the tour... mum and i lived, although my husband and her father were a goner, as well as laura, her husband and her two kids. eep.


after the titanic exhibit, we ran off to central station to meet jo whose mum had kindly brought her to the city to see me!! oh - how i miss that girl!

we spent the next couple of hours after lunch poking around in the shops at dfo and gasbagging and catching up on the months its been since we saw each other last... :(

that night - kris and i went off to the crown casino and had dinner there at the pub (freaking awesome!!) and then wandered around, buying some perfume on the way ( i could not believe it - it's like it was made for me, a perfume bottle with little stars that float around in the liquid!!! meant to be!)


it sucks - going away... cause i see all my friends who don't live half an hour, and when i remember how big the world is - it makes me sad :( we had such a blast though, i swear we were laughing so hard that the people at the tables either side of us must have thought we were totally nuts!! (thought??)

highlight of the night...? massive pillars that go off each hour on the hour, with huge flames in a pattern - heaps of fun!

but... that's not all - then add on the fun of loking for kris's car in the multi-storey for an hour at 11 o'clock at night. sigh. no wonder he can't keep a gf. haha :) as if you'd think to check where your car is... how silly!



stay tuned for tomorrow...
part two of melbourne week to come
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