Melbourne

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Melbourne Getaway - spent a few days in melbourne until the taxi drivers got the better of me. I got abused by one driver who shook his head and suggested I should have walked instead. I asked another driver to take me to fitzroy gardens, and he didnt know where it was. When I mentioned captains cook cottage he had no idea what i was talking about (its about 800m from the CBD). we asked him to use his satnav, but he refused. just hopeless. I began carrying a map with me to point out the the destinations and the possible routes we should take.

Southbank was a lovely escape, visited a few gardens, the titanic exhibition and associated imax movie/doco. Went to skydeck88 and out on the 'Edge'. this is a glass cube that protrudes outside the building at the 88th floor, with you in it. The glass is opaque until your out there, then they flick it to translucent. just awesome. uninterrupted view in 5 directions of the cube, including straight down through the glass floor. Has confirmed my desire to do a tandem jump from 14K feet - cant wait.

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Photos

Royal Exhibition Building
Royal Exhibition Building - Carlton Gardens

Melbourne Museum
Melbourne Museum - Carlton Gardens

Conservatory - Fitzroy Gardens
Some growies inside

Skydeck88
View from the 88th floor looking east