Off we go to Melbourne, the Great Ocean Road, Kangaroo Island, Adelaide, the Barossa Valley, Broken Hill and across the top of NSW via Cobar and Moree to the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. From two weeks in our favourite resort there, we work our way down the coast, staying in places such as Kingscliff, Clunes, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie to visit lovely family and friends before landing in Newcastle for a few days to see more loved ones, including my wonderful mother.

This trip is for Jon and me– tailor made for us, by us, starting 4 days after Jon’s 60th birthday. We will no doubt miss ‘Rockview’, our friends in Cooma and especially our darlings, Charlie and Jeni, but we are more than ready to hit the road and get outta town!

Sunday, 29 April 2012

What to do in Melbourne?

Neither of us has been to Melbourne for decades, so if anyone has suggestions for what you consider a 'must', feel free to let me know. 

So far, from chats with friends Mark and Betty and Pen, it seems we should go to Lygon Street and Brunswick for great food, as well as Movida, a tapas place of renown. http://www.movida.com.au/ 

Degraves Street has been mentioned several times for cafes, and so have other famous Melbourne lane ways. For architecture and galleries we'll start with Federation Square - where fortunately the Tourist Information Centre also lives.

There is a fabulous cake place, a 'sweet studio', Burch and Purchese, that I would love to visit, but ONLY if we've done lots of walking. Oh dear, I hope our trip won't always be about the food ....... http://www.burchandpurchese.com/

I have noticed that there are several self guided walking tours available, but I imagine that, as in so many cities that we've visited, we'll start out in one place and take pleasure in not ending up where we thought we would.

And from our luxury room high up in the Sofitel we'll have a continual display of the city's lights, best viewed with a glass of bubbles I expect.
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  1. singstaree29 April 2012 at 14:07

    How exciting JP!!! Can't wait to stalk.. I mean... await your blog posts along this incredible journey!!

    Here's a site you might find handy: http://www.onlymelbourne.com.au/whatsonmelbourne.php

    :) Betty

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  2. Jan29 April 2012 at 15:56

    This is my first comment Betty- How exciting! Thank you. You've always been a good little stalker. I shall check out that site right now. x

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