A day in the city

We woke on Monday at six o'clock, ready to face the BIG day today. At seven o'clock, after a hurried breakfast, we battled the peak hour traffic on the freeway (it actually wasn't too bad!) to Thomastown, which was where the car was getting a service. Then, we walked about 2km to the local train station and caught the train to the famous Flinders Street station. We took a tram to the Melbourne aquarium, down the street. We watched the penguins being fed, then it was off to the sharks and stingray feed show with the divers. Some of the stingrays were huge! and they seemed to crowd all around the divers in the tank. We sat in a round room called the fishbowl and it was awesome with fish swimming all around. After, we browsed around a little more, then caught a tram to Federation Square, were we had lunch on the grass.

With our bellies full, we walked over the Yarra river to the Eureka Skydeck. A wopping 88 storys high, the highest platform in the southern hemisphere. The lift to the top takes just 4o seconds and the view from the top was breath-taking. You could see out to Port Philip bay, over to the hills of the dandenong ranges, and over the city itself. I spent my time watching all the trains pulling in and out of Flinders Street station! When our feet reached solid ground again, we went for a ride on the city circle tram to Myer. When we'd finished there, we took the train from Melbourne Central underground station back to Keon Park, were we caught a bus back to the car service centre. We we finally got home, it was seven o'clock and it was dark.

The best part of the day was:
riding the trams and the Skydeck. (Jerome)
seeing the stingrays and the sharks - Molly
Finding all the clues at the aquarium - Josie
going up the tower and seeing the view - Grace
seeing the saw fish, Daddy could use it as a saw - Sophia
hearing everyone call, "come and look at this" over and over - Kathryn
Skydeck outside deck - Darren