Mark and I finally made it to Melbourne by Wednesday afternoon. We were a bit tired from the drive and took a fairly long nap at the hostel. Once awake and refreshed we walked around the town for a bit. It was my hopefully plan all along that we made it to Melbourne by Wednesday so we could try and get tickets to Chicago - and lucky enough we did! Rocked up about 2 hours before the show and got some good seats.
The next day we headed out and made it first to the Old Melbourne Gaol (or Jail for us new age people). I had a great time during the tour where we learned about how the prisoners lived, the number of hangings at the jail, and the most infamous prisoner Ned Kelly. Ned Kelly had home-made armor (looked kind of like the tin man only with steel). He has had more written about him than any one else in Australian history.
After the jail it was off to Brunswick street. One of the cities hipster areas with lots of boutiques, trendy cafes and pubs. Did a bit of shopping, but since it's not either of our favorite activities we did take a leisurely lunch at Little Creatures (Melbourne's New Belgium with really good food).
The next day was more touring. Did the city walk through the botanical gardens and then a tram ride down to St. Kilda brought us to the city's closest beach. Had some real fish and chips - like I'm sure they caught the fish that morning and fried it in front of me. It was delicious. That night a good friend took us to the best Mexican reasturant he has found in Australia and I must say it was the best Mexican food I've had in awhile. Eventhough the margarita's were made with lemons...
The next morning we were off - wanted to get back home with a day to recoup. So the trip that took us five days to drive there only took us 8.5 hours to drive back (granted we did take a different more direct route). But lucky us, on the way home we were able to see the giant koala (they do love making things big down here).
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