Last night in Sydney - Melbourne here we come

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Well we have had our last night in Sydney and had a really nice Thai meal - yes Thai meal - think I should have had a good old Ozzi meal but do you know what, I don't fancy kangaroo, ha ha.

We packed our things and after a good nights sleep up we got and left our bags at the reception to get some breakkie and catch a cab to the airport.

Am I sad to leave Sydney? To be honest, no I do not think so, I have been here now 3 different times for a quite a number of days on each visit. I have probably not seen half of it but do you know what I think it is time to see new places and experience things that I have not seen or done before - so looking forward to seeing Melbourne.

Just a thought where else in the world would you be able to buy flip flops or thongs to the Ozzie's in a vending machine!!

Another thought is why do UGGs come from Australia where it always seems so hot here! I have heard even there winter is hotter than our summer!!

So we have arrived in Melbourne now and everyone said it is a lot nicer than Sydney and to be honest it is really nice. We are staying in another Airbnb and the location is amazing. We are a couple of minutes from the Yarra river and a 30 minute walk along the river to Federation Square which is in the centre of Melbourne - how cool is that. Not only that we are just minutes away from the Botanical Gardens which are really pretty - Airbnb you have done it again! Hang on a second, No Paula you have done it again with all your research into where to stay - yes pat on the back PJ

So our first stop was the information centre to arrange our myiki card which is like an oyster card in London - so we have preloaded the card and Melbourne is now our Oyster (do you like the link, ha ha).

We have now had a couple of days in Melbourne and we have been to the Queen Victoria Market which was a really large market just like we used to have in England. We got lots of fruit as they were selling it off really cheap as it appeared to be nearly the end of their day - not been eating as much fruit since we left Mike's daughter house - need to sort this out.

We also found the l

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Photos

Vending machine selling thongs
flip flops to us Brits

Look at this house in Melbourne
How fab is this? Look at the iron work!

One of the Lanes in Melbourne
Loving the coffee culture and I am a Yorkshire tea girl - what has happened to me!