15 July 2016

Melbourne trip - pt 1

During the school holidays we popped down to Melbourne.

Chillin in Chiltern VIC.
It was a long trip so we stopped overnight in Tarcutta in a poxy motel.



The following day, stopped at very historic and well preserved Chiltern. Lunch was in Avenel at a pub - always a good place to wander around, have a bit, and play some pool (see the pic).





Serious sh-t in Avenel VIC.
Melbourne is great. Trams are huge fun, it seems like King Street Newtown for kilometres.




Our home in St Kilda. Just brilliant.







We did a house swap - some strangers stayed in our home, and we stayed in theirs. The home was pretty spectacular, an old townhouse in St Kilda. It had a renovated back end, with floor to ceiling glass two storeys high, and a projector hooked up to an X-box. The boys were in heaven playing Minecraft.





Brighton beach

Day 1 - we went to Brighton beach. Nice views of Port Philip bay.








Brighton

















Brighton








On the way back from Brighton on the train






We got to Brighton on an old style modern train - single decker, no interior doors.







I popped out for a quick ride in the arvo - St Kilda.



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Old Melbourne Gaol





Day 2 - it rained a bit, so we went to old Melbourne gaol, got locked up, sat in on a trial of Ned Kelly then had an ice cream.



Jumping around the gaol walls.


















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