AUSTRALIA!!!

The overnight flight to Melbourne is good, well as good as overnight flights are, we arrive in Melbourne ready for a long and stern examination through immigration/passport control. It never happened, it's all more automated than the UK and we only saw inboard looking officer who couldn't wait to wave us through - our passport was far more thoroughly interrogated for us to leave Singapore



Night view from our apartment - Eureka Skydeck far left

The Riverside Apartments will be our home for the next 3 days and we cannot believe the size and excellent location we have, with great views of the Yarra River and city. We've settled in and even managed to find the tram to the supermarket to stock up the fridge with coffee, milk, beer, G & T and wine, what more do we need?



Trees dressed for winter?

The evening is taken up with a walk to Federation Square, there's beautiful old and new buildings around it and even an open air film being shown with people lounging on deck chairs watching it while having a picnic. it all gives a great impression of a lovely laid back city. We join the city workers feasting on gourmet burgers and fries while enjoying a post work drink, it was the best burger I've ever had but also the most expensive - gulp!!



Flinders Street Station