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| The Royal Exhibition Centre building |
We had a late breakfast at the Soul Cafe. Then we took a tram to the
Melbourne Museum to meet Matthew and Sarah. We got off the tram at the last stop in the free zone, and walked through
Carlton Gardens past the Royal Exhibition Centre.
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| Hoping to see lizards |
The museum was interesting as usual. Highlights were the outdoor habitats for lizards, turtles and birds, the exhibition of minerals, and the dinosaur re-creation. It was very crowded there today.
We enjoyed a small lunch at a Japanese place,
Ichi Ni Na Na in Brunswick Street. Then we split up until the evening. On our way back to the hotel, there was an incident on the tram so we continued on foot to Target to buy some more T-shirts for Richard. I also managed to post the last three postcards. We went back to the hotel for a rest.
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| In the Melbourne Museum gardens |
In the evening we set out to meet the others for dinner, but the trams near us weren't running and the streets were blocked off to traffic. So we had to walk all the way to meet Matthew and Sarah at the restaurant. We just made it in time for our 20.15 dinner appointment at
Entrecote.
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| Showing off my new jewellery |
We had a glass of champagne and a 5 course meal of canapes, choice of starter (I had duck), a choice of main (I had ocean trout with tapenade and ratatouille) and salad, some Brie, and a dessert (I had chocolate croquante. We also had a
Viognier Marsanne 2016 from Barossa Valley. It was a very nice meal with attentive service.
But getting home was also difficult as we had to walk all the way and the streets were full of crowds going in the opposite direction. Some of them were very pushy. On the bridge there was pedestrian traffic control all the way.
We got back in time to see the fireworks going off over the city skyscrapers. Happy New Year 2018!
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| New Year's Eve in Melbourne 2017 - photo by Richard |
