Melbourne 2004
Went down to Melbourne with Jo, Nadia, Kristy H and Amelia via Virgin Blue. I was on holidays between Xmas & NY but Dave wasn’t, so I decided to crash the girls holiday. I tried to pack as much into 2 and a half days as I could. Unfortunately the other girls were going to be there for a whole week and so didn’t see the urgency of doing much each day.
Highlights for me was checking out Federation Square (I like it) and the National Gallery of Victoria, the new “Australian” one in Fed Square and the old “International” one refurbished on St Kilda Road. It was also great to catch up with Martin & Gaby at the tail end of their world tour. Their Melbourne friends really enjoy their reality television and had a big Amzing Race Finale party. There was shouting and screaming, like it was a footy final or something. It was so much fun to be with people who appreciate such fine entertainment.
I almost missed my plane on the way home as I didn’t quite know how to get to the bus depot at Spencer Street station. I should have checked in at 1:45pm, but didn’t get to the airport til 2pm, when the plane was taking off at 2:15! I was the second last person on the plane. Whew! See the pics here.