Meandering in Melbourne AU

 After two days of rough water crossing the Tasman Sea, most of the passengers were very happy to have the opportunity (required to appear face-to-face with paperwork & passports) at the Customs Center at the port in Melbourne.

customs was quick and painless

poster at the bus stop

Our main goal in Melbourne was to geocache as it would be a new country and a new state in a new country. OFD had shopping as a goal after we found and logged the first geocache not far from the bus stop. Shopping destination was the Lego Store.

displays from the Lego Store

This post will be of interesting things we saw as we meandered about the city.

Aboriginal painted tree trunks as art

not Taco Johns or Taco Bell, but Taco Bill

interesting metal addition to a large building

not certain if it has a use or is art

looks like a medieval torture device or farm equipment

another eating establishment

I did not look at the menu

found outside a barber shop

we noticed LOTS of busy barber shops in both countries

not many salons in the areas we walked

labeled Electric Supply

similar to the postal boxes, which were yellow or blue

cooked duck in the window in China Town

when pigs fly

"At the intersection of Bourke and Swanston high on top of tram poles, turning on the wind are four animals. Made of hand-beaten copper sculpture with gold-leaf detail there is a bird, a horse, a fish and a pig with wings. The bird is a reference to the city’s gardens; the horse symbolizes sport; the fish its waterways; and the winged pig a joke about the city’s hope and future." ~ Swantson Walk Sculptures

another common eatery in Australia

love the play on words

another bus stop poster

We also spent time at the Melbourne Library which I wrote about earlier on the blog.