Melbourne
Melbourne is different! it seams it is more like Winnipeg with it's large mix of different cultures. The first day I wandered the CBD ( central business district) I found a good little book store where I managed to buy the Redwall series I'm currently reading for $5.00 each. I ended up on the river towards the end of the day as the rowing clubs were just starting to practice I got a bunch of pictures of them.
They have a few different markets here. One is called the Queen Victoria Market, you can get everything from fruits & meat to clothes and souvenirs. Walking thru the stalls you ca hear the vendors cry out " Come get your banana's lowest prices. We don't' care if we make any money we just want to make friends!" its quite large! I bought some apples
Day 2 I decided to go the beach. I put my sunscreen on then went and waited for the bus, and waited and waited. finally going inside to find out what was going on. Well the driver was sick and the bus had ended up being full. So the guy finally showed up after about 45minutes. The beach is different here. There's a long boardwalk along side of it and just a little sand area. I picked out a spot and laid down to read my book. From here you can see all the big cargo ships coming into port. As well as a few helicopters humm that one looks like a coast guard. After reading for about 3 hours or so I thought I should wander a bit. As I was putting my shoes on along comes a police officer telling us not to go into the water a shark has been spotted in the area. There were a few people out playing in the water. They continued on down the beach. I was following them on the board walk As they were getting people out of the water a group of people were gathering towards one section where I was headed, all looking out into the water. Looking to where some where pointing I looked out and could see a long dark shape with a find sticking out moving along the shore line. Well there it was my first wild shark sighting. I guess I'm not going swimming today. I attempted to get a picture but my battery was low and it looks like I didn't get one.
They have a few different markets here. One is called the Queen Victoria Market, you can get everything from fruits & meat to clothes and souvenirs. Walking thru the stalls you ca hear the vendors cry out " Come get your banana's lowest prices. We don't' care if we make any money we just want to make friends!" its quite large! I bought some apples
Day 2 I decided to go the beach. I put my sunscreen on then went and waited for the bus, and waited and waited. finally going inside to find out what was going on. Well the driver was sick and the bus had ended up being full. So the guy finally showed up after about 45minutes. The beach is different here. There's a long boardwalk along side of it and just a little sand area. I picked out a spot and laid down to read my book. From here you can see all the big cargo ships coming into port. As well as a few helicopters humm that one looks like a coast guard. After reading for about 3 hours or so I thought I should wander a bit. As I was putting my shoes on along comes a police officer telling us not to go into the water a shark has been spotted in the area. There were a few people out playing in the water. They continued on down the beach. I was following them on the board walk As they were getting people out of the water a group of people were gathering towards one section where I was headed, all looking out into the water. Looking to where some where pointing I looked out and could see a long dark shape with a find sticking out moving along the shore line. Well there it was my first wild shark sighting. I guess I'm not going swimming today. I attempted to get a picture but my battery was low and it looks like I didn't get one.
posted by Scott at
1:51 PM
2 Comments:
I hate my digital camera because the battery always dies at the wrong moment, or the card is full, or it takes forever to take the blasted picture.
It must be cool to see a wild shark. How's the people watching on the beach?
--Bran
It was cool. just disappointed that I didn't get the pic. People watching is good :)
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