Piers, penguins, and plants

Wow, what a first full day in melbourne! After some well deserved rest and some Austrlian brunch in our bellys we ventured to the beach. This was achieved by us hopping on a tram to st kilda. Which could only be described as mixture of a british seaside down and an american surfers dream.

This seaside desitination famous for megan markle attendence late last year, surrounded by beautiful if not slighly chilly water complete with paddleboards and some very brave people in the sea. At the end of a very brighton esqe pier was a colony of dwarf penguins. Although all the signs suggested that it was out of the peak season and very unlikely their would be any sighting at midday we were lucky enough to spot a little fella among the rocks. Unfortunately he wasnt very photogentic but we attempted a shot, I named him herbert and then we left him to get on with his day!

After a little paddle and walk along the beach we headed for a pootle around st kilda’s complete with a fairground and a palais it felt very familiar to many british seaside destinations. We finished off with a $1 frozen fanta from ‘maccas’ which apparently research has found to be more addictive than crack cocaine.

In the afternoon we traveled again by tram to the botantical gardens which offered a safe haven for many different types of plants and species of birds. Although it is official autumn in Auz it still proved very luscious and green with a mixture of european and austrlia flora.

To finish off our jam packed day we visited the exhibiton at the melbourne feture the work of escher displayed in the nendo house design. This included a dj and codktails and made us feel very cultural. Sat in the gardens of the museum overlooking the towering melbourne central business district. Overall a very sucessful day seen off with a beautiful walk along the river yarra back tomour accomodation.

Amy x