Day 1-3
(Days will be numbered from when Natalie arrived in Melbourne Friday, May 11
Things that happened before Natalie arrived will be labeled Conference)
Flinders Train Station
From the airport we took a shuttle to a train station. I met Dallas at the Train Station and then we rode a Tramcar to our hotel. It was quite the fiasco.
Picture us; Each with 2 large suitcases getting on and off tramcars trying several times. We ended up walking around 1 mile pulling our suitcases behind us before we made it to our hotel.
(Tip: Next time, get a taxi)
On our way to Melbourne Temple.
This is Dallas' first time driving on the right side of the car and left side of the road. Very Scary, and required both of us to keep the car on in the correct lane:-)
Our first glimpse of kangaroos. You can't get into their pen, probably for our protection as much as theirs.
I think Natalie is rather excited about seeing real life kangaroos in the kind-of wild.
Here it comes...
Flinders Train Station
From the airport we took a shuttle to a train station. I met Dallas at the Train Station and then we rode a Tramcar to our hotel. It was quite the fiasco.
Picture us; Each with 2 large suitcases getting on and off tramcars trying several times. We ended up walking around 1 mile pulling our suitcases behind us before we made it to our hotel.
(Tip: Next time, get a taxi)
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| Riding Tramcar...without the Suitcases |
Melbourne is covered in these gorgeous green city parks. They're
everywhere, and it makes me sad (but not all that surprised) that
Arizona doesn't have anything like this.
On our way to Melbourne Temple.
This is Dallas' first time driving on the right side of the car and left side of the road. Very Scary, and required both of us to keep the car on in the correct lane:-)
The Melbourne Temple
It still hurts my brain to look at these pictures and think about driving on the left side of the road.
Serendip Sanctuary
This was a really cool zoo/park/sanctuary on the outskirts of Melbourne (on the exact opposite side of the city as the temple. We did a lot of driving). It's one of those places where you're actually in the pen with the animals. Which was weird when you're the only people in the park because you didn't get there until 45 minutes before the park is supposed to close and it's about to rain.
Our first glimpse of kangaroos. You can't get into their pen, probably for our protection as much as theirs.
I think Natalie is rather excited about seeing real life kangaroos in the kind-of wild.
In the background, you can see a dirt path that goes along the fence. We
walked past these guys and said "Oh cool! Wallabies!" and took a bunch of
pictures. Then we continued on our walk, through a very impressive bird
display... and into the pen with the wallabies we just got excited
about. We weren't sure we were supposed to be there, but they didn't
seem to mind, so we took a bunch more pictures, from the other side of the fence.
No, I have not been photoshopped into this picture. It was dusk and our camera doesn't like dusk.
We road a Tramcar around Melbourne while we ate a fancy dinner. It was a lot of fun!
Here it comes...
Sunday Morning we headed off to the Airport for our flight north to Brisbane.
Goodbye Melbourne.
