Walkabout: Melbourne Style…

Well, we awoke in Melbourne and headed out for our day’s adventures.

Today we had booked tickets for the Skydeck an 88 floor viewing of the city of Melbourne. The ticket was open time, and they did not open until noon. So we had time to fill.

So we did!

First stop, the Princess Theatre to see if we could get tickets for Tina for tonight . Unfortunately, the box office also does not open until noon.

We crossed the street, and took our “Selfie of the Day” at the Stanford Fountain across the street.

So off to our next adventure… taking the Tram to the other side of the CBD (central business district)

We hopped on, and hopped off two stops later. The lovely thing about Melbourne, the trams are free within the CBD.

The stop was Town Hall… just like in Sydney.. lol

The street, so many American influences. 😦

We wandered over, down and guess what we found!?!

The Anglican Cathedral! St. Pauls.

The cathedral.

From across the steeet

The Close.

Then we went in…

Love the acknowledgement within the Welcome

Many were quietly praying

The beautiful floors

They had a laminated info sheet

In 6 languages… and very accessible

Hiding in with the cast..

Which is the Ass?

The main doors

The screen is made with Australian Blackwood

The ornateness

Another daunting pulpit

The stainglass

Nave Altar

High altar, complete with Angels and Holy Family

The nativity. ❤️

Riding the sheep

Tattered wings

The font, the top is on a crane

The Pipes!!! ❤️

We then headed over to the Sky deck, crossing over the Yarra river

Taken from the Cathedral. The Flinders Train station, and the sky deck behind in gold

The Melbourne skyline from Federation Square

That is the Arts Centre. Odd.. but striking

Princes Bridge

View from the Pedestrian Bridge back to the Princes Bridge. Floating restaurants

We headed over to the Eureka Tower, where the Skydeck is located. But the line was very very long, we we headed back to the Southbank, where everyone seems to just hangout.. and had a beer and cider and people watched.

Looking back at the bridge and Flinders Train station

My version

A Busker, thrilling the kids!

After an hour we headed back to see how the line was doing… not much shortened, so we got in and waited… 45 minutes. (The line got longer as we moved along!)