Melbourne- The second instalment

We spent the second half of our week in Melbourne exploring St Kilda and spending time with James, his girlfriend Jeda and his housemates.



On Friday evening we went to see our first AFL match at Melbourne cricket ground with James and Jeda. We saw North Melbourne (the Roos) play Geelong (the Cats); because we are in Melbourne we chose to support the Roos. This turned out to be a wise decision as they won 98-92. It took a while to get our heads around AFL and its many rules, in particular how long the extra time can go on for (15 minutes extra time for a 20 minute quarter seemed crazy to us). Overall we really enjoyed our AFL experience.

Alex, James, Jeda and I supporting the Roos.

We had been eagerly awaiting saturday all week as my trusted iPhone weather app had promised sunshine and a temperature of 21 degrees. The sun came out as promised yet it was still very chilly and windy. Nevertheless we headed down to St Kilda beach as planned but wrapped up in scarves and hoodies. We went for a nice stroll along the promenade and walked along St Kilda Pier. Regrettably this is where my camera and I parted ways, as I, although i've been trying to pass this error off as 'we', left the camera on a bench.








On Saturday evening we went out for some drinks in Melbourne Central, some of us drank more than others but I'm sure you don't need me to clarify who that someone was. Jeda and I opted for sophisticated cocktails, whilst the boys drank... everything.










On Sunday morning we went out for breakfast (at lunch time of course) to a place that James had been raving about all week. We devoured two peanut butter hot chocolates and, once I had swallowed my pride at being a girl and ordering this, two plates of 'iron-man pancakes'. Yum yum.






Tomorrow we fly to Cairns to start our journey down the east coast. Importantly we hope to finally be able to wear shorts as the temperature in Cairns is currently around 28 degrees. We cannot wait.