In The City

We ventured into central Melbourne 3 times in all.  The first, as already reported, was to take in the festival but the following day we took the train in and played tourist.  A literal high spot was a trip up the Eureka Tower, the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere though I think someone is currently throwing up something even taller.  A slightly quirkier part of the day was our lunch in a Hari Krishna canteen.....eat all you want for £3.50!

The next morning we returned for the 3rd time, on fully loaded bikes as we resumed our journey.  The cycle route we took is world class, on dedicated paths for almost 50 miles.....all the way into, through, and out of central Melbourne.  At times the path was slung beneath the elevated motorway, at others on floating pontoons on the river and sometimes through quiet meadows.  These is no better way to traverse a major city!

We ended our day on a respectable 82 in Geelong, a city somewhat down at hill after the demise of its steel industry.  For reasons I won't bore you with we failed to get fed and ended up warming a ready-made lasagna in our cabin at 9pm.  Tomorrow the Great Ocean Road.

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