Yesterday was such a GORGEOUS day

here in Melbourne that I took advantage of clear skies and having only TWO kids (remember that Zed and Stan were away at the trial).

So, off we went to the local train station and choofed it into the city...Melbourne has this great thing at the moment - only $2.50 on all Public Transport on Sundays - it's called the 'Sunday Saver' or something similar anyway...

It takes 15 mins by train to get into our gorgeous city...we arrived at Flinders Street Station and walked across to Fed Square (Federation Square - it is THE best place to visit!). Went to the Tourist Information Centre and found out about the FREE Melbourne City Tourist Shuttle Bus.

We quickly ducked into ACMI, THE best place to visit in Melbourne - and had a quick look at the Pixar Exhibition - I took a great photo of the kids with Sully and Mike - see down below. We will go back there with Zed and see the whole thing in a few weeks..

Time to walk up to Exhibition Street to catch it the bus...first time ever we have been on there.
It is great - there is lots of information about the city buildings and sights. We hopped off at stop number 5 - the famous Queen Victoria Market (or the Vic Market as it is known to us locals).

The two kids I had with me, eldest Samuel and youngest, Bronte - could not remember having been there before - they were too young last time we went. They loved it! Were amazed at all the fruit and vegies, the meats and fish, the clothing and junk that we saw. They loved seeing Code One Police Rock Band apparently the

"only full time Police rock band in the world. Real cops playing songs by everyone from the Black Eyed Peas to Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake even Gwen Stefani. You won’t believe your eyes or your ears! It looks weird but they’re great and are totally entertaining!"

Then we went to the delicatessen area of the market and sampled a few goodies for lunch...smoked salmon and cream cheese (mmmm), the kids had bratwurst in rolls while I had a Turkish Pide - yummo!

Next, off to catch the tram back down to Flinders Street Station...walked across the Pedestrian Bridge to Southbank where they have great restaurants (but we were way too full for that!!) and fantastic Street Theatre. Watched a couple of really entertaining shows and bumped into a family from our Primary School! Small world!

A quick look at the famous Sunday Craft Market and a wander around the Arts Centre. Went to really impressive toilets in there - lots of padded walls!

After that, we went back to Fed Square and watched another bit of fabulously funny Street Theatre... We started out this journey at 10am and by now it was 4.30pm...time to catch the train home...a great day had by the three of us!