Melbourne Trip Part 2
One day we took the train into Melbourne.
For $5 you can get an unlimited public transport ticket for in and around Melbourne, whether you ride the bus, tram, or train.
For $5 you can get an unlimited public transport ticket for in and around Melbourne, whether you ride the bus, tram, or train.
Julia always thinks train ride are pretty cool.
The Klaver men on the train.
One of the train stations in downtown Melbourne
Downtown Melbourne from the train station
We walked from the train station to the Melbourne Aquarium.
Julia and I are in the mouth of a small Megalodon shark.
In addition to the variety of fish big aquariums have, the Melbourne Aquarium had special exhibits of sharks and rays and penguins (not all together!). Julia enjoyed the whole museum, with just a little bit of crabbiness and tiredness here and there, but she loved the penguins.
Julia and I are in the mouth of a small Megalodon shark.
In addition to the variety of fish big aquariums have, the Melbourne Aquarium had special exhibits of sharks and rays and penguins (not all together!). Julia enjoyed the whole museum, with just a little bit of crabbiness and tiredness here and there, but she loved the penguins.
We took the tram from the Aquarium back to the train station. Outside the station was a little cafe specializing in American food. Strangely enough, it was Martha's idea to indulge in the sugary and greasy goodness.
They also had nice big doughnuts.
It truly was a family size doughnut.
Rejoicing in the beefy goodness!
Another day we went to the Melbourne zoo. It is a very large zoo and we saw less then half of it. Zoo food is always expensive but the Melbourne Zoo food was certainly better than any we'd had before at a zoo.
Martha had curry.
Martha had curry.
Julia and I shared chips, a burger, and chicken schnitzel.
Grrrrr...
Elephant rider!
There was a nice exhibit of butterflies you could walk through.
Momma and baby elephant
Julia can out-climb any monkey or orangutan.
Julia seemed to enjoy the zoo's playground more than the animals!
One evening Julia Short, a member of the Australian Free Church, came over for tea (dinner) at David and Robin's home.
Julia took this cute family picture for us.
Catching up on electronic work.
One afternoon, we went to the Rhododendron Gardens outside Melbourne.
We walked through the garden and found a nice place, Serenity Point, to have our packed lunch.
We walked through the garden and found a nice place, Serenity Point, to have our packed lunch.
Serenity Point had a little man-made pond with tadpoles.
Julia could have spent the whole afternoon watching them and playing in the water.
Julia could have spent the whole afternoon watching them and playing in the water.
The garden was beautiful and relaxing.
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