Friday, 16 December 2011

Melbourne out and about


Yesterday we hired a car for a week so that we can do some touring along the Great Ocean Rd, but before that we took Jen and Bobbie out for a trip to the Dandenong Mountains. I think we all expected them to be a little more raw, all the 35km to the hills – they’re too small to be called mountains really, was not exactly built up but manicured in some way or another.  The slopes themselves were extensive eucalyptus forests and the view back to Melbourne was good but sadly misty.

Ended up having a cream scones in a tea room called Miss Marples, filled with Japanese tourists, somewhat surreal.

That evening we went to the night market, an enormous covered Victorian market place that once a week sets up loads of different food and craft stalls.  It’s a bit of a local institution and lot of people packed in to eat, talk and party.



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