I thought it would take longer than it did to walk to Fitzroy and in no time I was walking along the main strip – Brunswick Street. Lots of inviting restaurants, cafes and bars with most looking fairly busy this Sunday afternoon.
It has to be said there were also a fair few weird sights, a lot of them were complete 'fashion victim' people.
My main motive for coming to Fitzroy was to have dinner at the Little Creatures Dining Hall. Little Creatures is a small scale brewery based in Freemantle, WA. When I was in that part of the world a few years back I dropped in and had a couple of refreshing pints on a warm and sunny 'Freo' day.
Well Little Creatures has now set up an outpost in Melbourne and also taken over a local brewery called White Rabbit. It was still a bit too early so after a walk up and down Brunswick Street and then plonked myself down on a bench and watched the world go by for half an hour.
It was now getting closer to 5pm – time for some beer (and food). I sat at the and ordered a pint of Bright Ale. Very refreshing. Once I'd finished that of I got persuaded into trying a Wheat beer from White Rabbit. Again this went down well so I ordered another one. I also ordered some food – a chorizo, feta and sweetcorn pizza. The combination of the chorizo and sweetcorn worked really well and it was washed down with my fourth pint, a Bright Ale.
Suitably fed and watered I walked back to my hotel, picked up my bags and then walked the short distance to the bus station to get the SkyBus to the airport. My whistle stop visit to Melbourne was over!
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