Well we finally arrived at our hotel in St Kilda, Melbourne, at about 7pm, nearly 48 hours after setting off (inlcuding 11 hours time zone difference). It had been a mighty journey, consisting of a 13 hour flight from London Heathrow to Taipei (taiwan), then after a 6 hour stay in the airport, a 9 hour flight down to Sydney. To top all off, a conecting flight from Melbourne to Syndey was 1.5 hours late leaving, so we ended up in Melbourne about 7pm on Sat evening. Our first full day (Sunday 12th) we basically explored the city. We took a tram in (Melbourne has a very extensive, efficient system), and took in some of the main shopping areas in the centre. In the afternoon we wondered down to the MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) where England
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