A Lovely Spring Day!

Yes it was a positively spring like 30 degrees today. And wall to wall sunshine.

I had a quick scoot around central Melbourne, mainly looking for a place to get a bite to eat. I ended up having a Turkish flatbread sandwich from the food hall in Myers.

After lunch I went to the post office to stock up on stamps (I'm anticipating a fair amount of postcards), and then went to Federation Square. The last time I was in Melbourne 8 years ago Federation Square was just a building site. It's obviously finished now, but I'm not really sure what it is! It has some bars and restaurants, but it doesn't appear to be a shopping centre (or at least the bit I quickly saw). Also architecturally it's a bit of a damp sqib.

Anyway time to get to St. Kilda.

I jumped on a tram opposite Flinders Street station and after a short trip I was at St. Kilda. I walked along Fitzroy St. which I'm sure is the road where we had the infamous/massive pasta meal in 2001. It certainly looked very familiar. I then arrived at the beach. It was really busy for 4.00pm on a Monday afternoon – work shy Aussies, or youngsters just out of school? Lots of people were sunbathing which surprised me.

Once I was done with the beach I found the street that was just round the corner from where we stayed in 2001. Lots of cool bars, restaurants and cake shops – just like I remembered.

After feeling the force of the sun during the afternoon I decided to get some more sunblock. After a quick visit to Woolworths I figured it was time for an afternoon beer, and what better place than the (famous) Esplanade Hotel/Pub?

I had a couple of pots and then got some food – a Falafel salad.

The combination of jetlag, beers and afternoon sun was creeping up on me, so it was time to get back to my hotel and grab some proper sleep. In a bed!!!