23rd February 2009

Our view of Sydney – A huge sprawling city with the typical laid-back Aussie attitude. If you are in a hurry, then forget it! Fabulous scenery whether it is the harbour with the Bridge or the Opera House or even the city skyline. To coin a typical Aussie saying 'No Worries'.

Flew via Virgin Blue to Melbourne it was quite a good flight except it was bumpy as we came into land in Melbourne. One thing we did see was the bush fires still burning, obviously burning not a long way from Melbourne. Once we reached our hotel we had a stroll into Federation Square. to try to book trips to Ballarat and Phillips Island. We also went to see Chloe (There might be a prize for whoever tells us who or what is Chloe).

Rosalyn thinks that Hull City will be on the tv tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. The question arises that if they are – do we want to watch and maybe depressed for the rest of the day, or can we afford to be optimistic that we will beat Spurs??!! Anyway 'UP THE TIGERS'

Went for an evening stroll along the bank of the Yarra River. Saw something different – people stood on what looked like surfboards, sculling down the river. Would have liked to have seen how they got on and off the boards! Weather actually turned a little chilly with a coolish breeze. We were glad we had taken our sweaters with us and we did notice that some of the restaurants actually had put their heaters on. Melbourne today lived up to its reputation of quickly changeable weather.