Friday 30th December 2016
We woke in Andrew and Lynn's home and had a tour around the property to the billabong.
We trod carefully because there can be large brown venomous snakes.
I tried the Aussie staple diet of Vegemite on toast. Marmite with a slightly different taste.
Lynn then took us on a little tour of the Ballarat area and to a place called Lake Wendouree where the 1956 Olympic rowing competition took place.
There was also some stones set in the grass that had the names of Olympic event winners including....
My son John has often been 'for the high jump'!
We also drove around Ballarat. It is a lovely looking town with many grand buildings. It's history is directly linked to the Gold Rush. I believe there is still one gold mine active in the area.
Just one of the old buildings.
We travelled back to Melbourne and walked around the river areas....
And then down to South Melbourne Market.
It was a good bustling market with a great range of products. Certainly not the load of tat that is at many markets.
The Polly Woodside is a Belfast built ship that is harboured on the river. It was one of the last ocean going cargo ships of the sail era. It is now an attraction of the Yarra river but it wasn't actually open to the public when we saw her.
We walked back through the city past the Old Treasury Building...
And also past the Parliament Building again to St Patrick's Cathedral....
It's about time we included a good Catherdral.
We caught the tram back to Marg's as we were hot and weary. Ready for a quiet night.
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