Wednesday, 11 July 2007

Plotting my next trip to the Great Southern City

I don't get back to Melbourne as often as I'd like so when I'm there I like to make sure I visit certain things. Y'know, to make sure they're still there.

So as a minimum I

  • Visit all the houses I've lived in. Happy to report that our first semi is looking great with a newly painted fence and nothing seems to have changed with our third house (but the neighbours are finally getting their reno done). KelpieBlossom remembers our last house but Padawan Learner doesn't, he was 3 when we left.
  • Check out how the Children's Garden is progressing (great)
  • Catch a tram (City Circle ride aborted due to cranky kids)
  • Shop (just love the shopping strips in Melbourne - but I think Chapel St has gone off, too many chain shops now, or perhaps I'm just getting old)
Then I like to check out what's changed. Fairlie at Around the Traps has already posted about what we did so why don't you just visit here for our visit to the Eureka Skydeck and here for all the other stuff. Fairlie has great photos to check out, but here are some more:




Now must get back to plotting how to get a leave pass to go down for the Melbourne Writers Festival in Aug/Sept.
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3 comments:

Team SAK said...

Forgot to add one other important to do as a minimum:

Catch up with "old" friends and see how much they have changed (ie aged) since the last visit.

Looking forward to seeing you again in August.

Fairlie - www.feetonforeignlands.com said...

No leave pass required. Just go AWOL. What are they going to do? Court-martial you on your return?

M said...

Not a court-martial but there could be a new car in the garage, a kayak in the yard or a plasma installed with Foxtel IQ in the bedroom... it is a move fraught with danger.