The Finale: Sydney- Melbourne

Thursday 7th January 2010:

A lovely fourteen-hour bus journey behind us and we arrived in Sydney. Oh the buses. I think we should get some sleep and leave the exploration for tomorrow.

We had a nose around Sydney, nice day for it, sun shining. We had a walk along the Sydney Harbour Bridge, took some photos of the Opera House. It's a pretty cool structure, but I don't really see what all the fuss is about?! We sat in Hyde Park for a bit, just taking in the scenery. Not the most exciting of cities, but maybe you need to explore it further to appreciate it more? I will take your word for it. Was an interesting couple of days, but time to move on.

Saturday 9th January 2010:

Bus to Melbourne. Think it took about thirteen hours. A bit longer seeing as we broke down! Oh dear, are we nearly there yet? Ha ha. Wasn't too bad, the driver had us back on the road within an hour, so not much of a set-back. We arrived in Melbourne that night and Izzy's aunts met us at the bus station to take us back to their place for a couple of nights! So nice of them.

After a good night's sleep I'd like to say I was ready to explore Melbourne, but my body was struggling to get out of a seated position, having been on coaches for so long over the past few days. Ha ha. However, Izzy's aunts did a fantastic job of showing us round, great to have tour guides! I absolutely love Melbourne, beautiful architecture, lots of 'old-meets-new' in the buildings. I fell in love with the train station- a building from the 1800s (I think) and it is just stunning. Right next to it is a cathedral, which makes for a fantastic photo opportunity. Melbourne is a very arty city, as well as being known for its sports and I just love the atmosphere. Much more friendly than Sydney, and calmer. It would have been nice to have a bit longer in Melbourne, just to have more of a peek around. But we are off to Bali after all. We went up the Eureka tower- up to the 88th floor. Great view of the city! And what a great way to end our tour of East Coast Australia. Melbourne is well worth the visit.