Day 1. Sunday 8.9.19.
Funny how it takes all day to travel 4 hours on an aeroplane. All the usual stuff like customs etc, seems more tiresome than ever.
We arrived in the evening with no fixed idea of how to get to our apartment, which is like a hotel room, but has cooking facilities. This was located on City Road, in the Southbank area.
Coming out of the arrivals we thought we would try an airport bus. Lucky us, as one of the stops was 100m from our apartment. Way cheaper than a taxi at $17.50 each.
The apartment was on the 19th floor and had fairly good views of the river.
Day 2. Monday 9.9.19
We decided to relive previous a previous visit and check out Melbourne Central, a nice shopping arcade with a shot tower and musical clock. A lot of walking involved, it appears I did around 7 km.
By the way, a good thing to know is that all the trams in the central district are free!
Getting back to the apartment, one of us rested, while I went to a nearby Coles grocery store to get one of their famous chickens for not much. The idea was we would eat in mostly. So for $50 I collected: One chicken, one bag coleslaw, one coleslaw sauce, loaf of bread, small pack of butter, box of muesli and 4 bananas.
Day 3. Tuesday 10.9.19
Up to Victoria Markets, then on to Lygon St. The markets were busy, but Lygon St noticeably dead.
Looking at our options, a bus tour of the Mornington Peninsuala seemed a good idea at the time.
At $135 each it did not seem a good deal, no lunch included. Looking up rental cars, we ended up paying around $130 for one day (used $22 petrol) for an Avis one. Seems a good company, the car was our favourite, a Hyundai i30.
Day 4. Wednesday 11.9.19
Picked up the rental car and headed south down the St Kilda Rd for Mornington.
Nothing terribly scenic, apart from the surf beach right at the end, although you cannot really do justice to a large area like this in one day. Had a distinctly nice beachy feel, which could be good in summertime.
Day 5. Thursday 12.9.19
A ferry trip to Williamstown, leaving from near Flinders station. A reasonable price and a good trip.
Williamstown that day seemed very empty, not good business for the cafes along the frontage.
Went for a walk in the suburbs, fairly ordinary looking old houses.
Day 6. Friday 13.9.19
After storing bags at reception we had 3 hours to kill and had a look at Direct Fashion Outlet, where it was decided that a trip on the Round the City tram might be more fun. Getting on the tram it proved a very slow trip, and halfway round we bailed out and headed back to collect bags and get on the airport bus.
Our flight was 18.35 Melbourne time, but by the time we got home it was 2am. A bit tiring!
