The Melbourne Adventure - Part 2

The thing with writing blogs is, you want to write a new post because something special happened or your memory cannot remember every detail but you simply have no time to write it down OR you want to write but you mind is not satisfied with what you wrote and you hit the delete button once you finished a sentence because you just think - meh!

Melbourne lets you do both of it!
We really start to like the city, as it was introduced to us as one of the most liveable cities. It had this title for quite many years, now it lost it to Vienna, but it still is the No 1 in the southern hemisphere! And to be honest, it is true. The cafe culture, the laneways, the food, the friendliness... You know what? I will let the pictures speak for themselves with little captions. Enjoy!

Degraves St - Right on the opposite of Flinders Street Station offers fancy little food places, cafes. During the day, when everything is open, it is quite crowded but we can guarantee that you will stop sooner or later in one place anyway!

Sir Redmond Barry @ State Library of Victoria - Sir Barry was Judge, founder of the state library, chancellor of Melbourne Univerity and spoke the death sentence to the famous Ned Kelly. 

Melbourne Skyline - is seen from corner Victoria St and Russel St.









Carlton Gardens and the Royal Exhibition Building - This building is full of important Australien history. It is most famous for beeing completed in less than 2 years to host the 8th World Exhibition in 1880. In 1901, the first Australian Parliament came together in this building. Desmond, our guide from "I am Free Tours" did a really great job. We can definitely recommend going with them. It is always fun and super interesting!




You probably guessed it already - Chinatown! But there are also many Thai, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese restaurants as well. In a way, "Little Asia" probably describes it better.




Hofbräuhaus in Chinatown Melbourne - No surprise that we found between all these different and foreign cultures also this place here. I mean, where else would you look for it. right?










Flinders Street Station and the Skyline of Melbourne - seen from the public and open terrace at the Arts Centre Melbourne. What a stunning view! This is where our tour with Desmond ended







The RMIT campus in Bundoora, I have seen some of the most educated kangaroos so far, eating and chillax next to the library. Childcare programm and sport facilities are free of charge for all kangaroos.




The Evan Walker Bridge with the Eureka Tower in the background. Currently it is the highest building in Melbourne with almost 300m. Parts of the facade are held in gold, as a reminder of the great gold rush in the middle of the 19th century. Furthermore, it is also named after the Eureka Rebellion, which ended badly. 




The passage that overpasses the railway station Southern Cross connects the CBD (Central Business District - Melbournian for Downtown) with the Docklands.



Docklands and the walk along Harbour Lights Landing was one of the most relaxing ones I had in Melbourne. As Tallinn is a coast city, I really felt the draw to see one of the stunning waterfronts in Melbourne.




Southern Wharf Promenade, another beautiful walk we took. It leads along the southern bank of the Yarra River.







Heidelberg Society Building and City Park in Heidelberg/Melbourne.

Heidelberg! I found it, after quite a walk. At the same time, my friends and even my parents where supposed to be in Heidelberg too. Unfortunately, we missed each other by only a few thousand km.

 

Oh dear! What can I say about this: FOOD! On every Wednesday evening in winter, the Queen Victoria Market turns itself into a food festival and handicraft festival. Dumplings, Kebab, Gyros, Cider, Honey, arts and craft, private flashmob disco dancers... everythings comes together here.




Even during rain Melbourne can be enjoyable. As the rain started, we hopped on the city ring tram. If you just got to Melbourne or you want to escape bad weather, just hop on and get a free tour along the main sites with everything explained for free!