January 19, 2018, Melbourne, Australia
We didn’t have a tour planned for Melbourne, and counted on
taking a hop-on/hop-off bus to see highlights; we’d also heard about a free
tram around the center of town. Bad news is that the tourist info people
supposed to be in the cruise terminal were missing, so we had incomplete info.
We were able find the hop-on/hop-off to town, and then, after some poor
communication (not the best HoHo we’ve done), we set off on a crowded, beastly
hot bus that just crept through traffic. So while we did see some of modern
Melbourne, the experience was not good.
We got off at the Queen Victoria
Market, which was a big disappointment—mostly stalls hawking cheap imported souvenirs.
Rather than continue, we just took a cab back to the ship. With the Australian Open tennis
tournament in town, and temperatures exceeding 100F, we just didn’t have the
fortitude to go on.
We'd like to come back, though, as others admired its attractions. It won't be in summer, however. On to Tasmania!
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| Downtown Melbourne |
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| Some of Mebourne's city art. |
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| Apparently Melbourne is quite the film center; these young ladies just came out of a movie studio. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Melbourne Cathedral; love the sign hanging at left. |
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