One More Melbourne Day

We started our last full day of our incredible journey at 4am as we had an early flight from Christchurch, NZ back to Melbourne. The view of the snow capped mountains from New Zealand to Austrailia was incredible.  The mountains peaking up over the clouds was a beautiful sight.

We had arranged for a private tour guide to pick us up at the Melbourne airport and take us to the Great Ocean Drive to see the 12 Apostles. Luck wasn’t on our side as it was pouring rain. We decided it wasn’t worth going all that way in the rain so we ventured to the hotel.

We went to Victoria Market where there was everything imaginable for sale. There was livestock, bakeries, deli’s, fruits and vegetables, meats (including Kangaroo, Rabbit, Emu, etc) clothes, shoes, fabric, watches, souvenirs, etc. We bought some great purses and a few other nice things.

 

The weather began to dry out so we then ventured to St. Kilda where there was a nice beach and boardwalk just outside of the city. We found a great place overlooking the water and a local musician played live acoustic music.

We then went to a cute restaurant at the end of the pier where there were tons of sailboats docked and a great view of Melbourne.

There happened to be a State Kite Boarding competition being held at the harbor. There were Kite Boards all over with guys flipping in the air and flying along the shoreline.

We  headed back to the hotel (walked many miles as there were no taxi’s on the ocean road) and went to bed early to get ready for our long journey home. For some reason we were extremely tired!