Novotel Melbourne st Kilda

I started the day dealing with some computer problems, but got in a couple walks around the St Kilda and downtown Melbourne areas. Meetings were cut short, due to the prior Qantas work stoppage and it being a local holiday.  My morning walk along the ...

... my first full day in Melbourne with getting along with the tram system and finally got to Federation Square from where I took a Melbourne Greeters Service tour. The greeter was a German pensioner who left Germany 60 years ago by ship and has been living ...

Another busy day of meetings. Tried to make it an early night, but it always takes longer than you think to go out to dinner.   We walked across the Esplanade to the boardwalk and found a couple restaurants and chose Donovan's for the sea ...

... out on the way to the Neighbours tour office, that Paul (I'm so evil) Robinson broke up with Lynn Scully at the Novotel, St Kilda (where we are staying - St Kilda, not Novotel). Obviously we had already bought all the Neighbours goodies before the trip ...

... stand on the sand..the only relief came from the necessary dip in the ocean. Marie headed home and we decided to soak up St. kilda a bit more.. They were irish everywhere, even on the tram this irish lady was telling an Aussie that she was gasping for a ...

... but had the first weekend to chill out & get over jet lag etc. I had to move hotels for Saturday night to the Novotel right in the centre of Melbourne so didn't get too much sleep anyway! So my first full day I went for a wander around the city to see if ...

Too busy to do much except shoot a couple photos after dinner. Dinner was at an Italian place along the river in Melbourne and we took a walk for a few minutes. There was a surprise light show from fire balls released from the top of white columns. Carey ...