Melbourne

We had a great day on Saturday. We managed to sleep in for the first time in ages. Usually, having to be out of accommodation by 10am means getting up early. Headed into the city where we went to Hudsons for my favourite coffee (mocha of course!). Then to the south bank for lunch ( its a hard life but someone's got to do it!!). In the afternoon we went to a performance of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra at the Arts Centre. This was a first for us, apart from a free concert on the perth esplanade a couple of years ago. We sat in the choir stalls so looked over the orchestra as it played. It was riveting!! Later we caught the tram over to Harbourtown to have a look at the shops there, ending up at the James Squire microbrewery on the Quay where we had a couple of their excellent amber ales whilst watching the derby on the big screen (less said about that the better!!!!). Then on to the stupidly named Etihad Stadium (used to be Telstra Dome) to watch the St Kilda/Western Bulldogs game. We had not been here before,previously having gone to the MCG to watch games. The roof was closed so we expected it to be not so cold but it was still bloody cold!!!! The game was pretty good, although Western Bulldogs never got within 18 points of St Kilda but we found the stadium to be a bit 'soul less' compared to the MCG and Subiaco, even Fremantle Oval.
Sunday we headed down to St Kilda Esplanade to check out the Arts and Crafts Market. Yep, another market!!!! Afterwards we checked out Luna Park which was in full swing and then walked up and down Ackland Street which has all these lovely cake shops - it was pumping there too - very crowded. Finally walked along the pier then back to the apartment.