08 March 2010

Days 177-180 – Melbourne (6-9 Mar)

The weather in Melbourne has been really wet and not conducive to doing too much. Fortunately we have been to Melbourne many times and done a lot of the touristy things so didn’t have the need to get out and explore.  We were really here to ride out the long weekend.    It was a long weekend and Victoria has experienced the worst weather event on record.  Hail the size of golf balls, flash flooding, winds up to 100km/hour and at one point 19mm of rain in 18 minutes.  Must be awlful for those people camping this weekend, suspect some might go home early.  We went to Victoria Markets (a must do when in Melbourne) and some of the city streets looked like a tornado had gone through (probably had).  Lots of leaves, branches down on the ground.  Went to the Caravan and Camping Show on its first day and it was so busy and it was huge, never seen so many caravans in one place.  They all look the same after a while.  It was worthwhile going although we didn’t have a ‘wish list’ like we had last year in Perth. 

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Queen Victoria Markets, Melb          Spot John eating lunch at Vic Markets

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