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to Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road, and on to Wagga Wagga, Canberra, Australia!

It was an early morning, heading out before 6am to catch the train to the city, and trek to the bus.

Traveled via Firefly Bus again back to Melbourne Southern Cross Station.

It took 11 1/12 hours to get to Melbourne with 3 stops to stretch.

View from our 24th floor room

Looking for a used bookshop, we found the South Melbourne Market, which had lots of stuff and food, but the bookshop was closed...
permanently.

Door of the Banking Museum, a former church

Visited a few bookshops, but failed to find my next read. Finished the Return of the King today.

Drove the Great Ocean Road along the Southern Coast. Renting a car for 2 days.

First stop, Erskine Falls.

Muttonbird Island

London Bridge

Then we visited Kryal Castle, a renaissance entertainment venue. Very impressive. Built in the 70's.
It's open weekends, hosts weddings and has overnight rooms.

Jousting at Kryal Castle Video 1

Jousting at Kryal Castle Video 2

Jousting at Kryal Castle Video 3

Sunday we went to the Melbourne Museum where there's a Galloway Viking Hoard Special exhibit.

Then New South Wales places via trains, Sydney, then to New Zealand on January 12.

Wagga Wagga. A nice town. Broiling temperatures up to 95-97. Stopped for a nice dark cold beer.

DIdn't really do anything but a bit of shopping & lunch downtown before catching the train.

On the train from Wagga Wagga to Cootamunga, where we moved to a bus.

In Canberra, it was broiling. We went to the Durham pub, and caught a pub-quiz night! Didn't officially participate, but it was entertaining and we got some of the questions right. The team names were hilarious!

VIsited the Museum of Australian Democracy. Lots of great political comics:

by Fiona Katauskas

and Replica Crowns

Then we went to the Art museum, The National Gallery:

It was large, and full of modern and interesting art works. One we recognized from MONA in Hobart - the odd video of Wonder Woman.

Met and dined with our new friend Merredy at King Thai Canberra

We walked to the Train station - and off to Sydney!

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To Sydney, New South Wales, Australia!

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