Melbourne

Trip Start Mar 09, 2007
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Friday, July 20, 2007

Arrived in Melbourne to rain and got Bus service into city centre. Stayed in a Nice hotel for the first night but they were fully booked the following day so we had to move. Due to clever but grossly inaccurate advertising, we ended up in an old office block that had been partially converted into a hotel. It was a right dive, to emphasise the point there was a leak in the bathroom on the second floor that flooded the landing, Teds room was infested with ants and the woman in the room next to ours had a cupboard unit fall off the wall and break her nose while she slept, to top it all off the place stunk of raw meat, not nice!
But from there it was a good base to get out and about around the city, for shopping, having hair done and entertainment. Went on a good tour to Phillip island, stroked our first Koala, tickled the tummy of a chubby wombat and fed hungry Kangaroos. Then went for a walk down the beach watching the surfers, saw the nobbies and went to the penguin parade. Watching the little blighters waddling up the beach at dusk was great, they're very cute!
Went to see Harry potter at the Imax and fed chocolate balls to possums that came and fed out of your hand. They just live in the trees like Squirrls in the U.K but much more cute.
Had enough of cold Melbourne so got a flight up to warmer Sydney.
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