We finished up our 7th and final day of watching live tennis at the Australian Open on Tuesday after enjoying Heineken Saturday and Jacob's Creek Super Sunday with Torby and Jen and getting to watch some fabulous matches (both singles and doubles). This week was a drastic change in temperature, with cold windy weather, requiring all the warm clothes we had packed.
Since then, we have been keeping up to date with the progress of the tournaments by wandering through Federation Square in the heart of Melbourne and and peeking at the scores broadcasted on the big screens that are everywhere. In Federation Square we have also experienced some African drumming, live music, sculpture art, and found our way into some beautiful galleries displaying gorgeous glass works, paintings, aboriginal art, and a whole collection of works by Melbourne artists.
Since then, we have been keeping up to date with the progress of the tournaments by wandering through Federation Square in the heart of Melbourne and and peeking at the scores broadcasted on the big screens that are everywhere. In Federation Square we have also experienced some African drumming, live music, sculpture art, and found our way into some beautiful galleries displaying gorgeous glass works, paintings, aboriginal art, and a whole collection of works by Melbourne artists.
African Drumming
Art at the Kirra Gallery
Aboriginal Art at the Ian Potter Gallery
Really Cool Plastic Sculpture at the Ian Potter Gallery
We wandered to the north of the city to experience the Queen Victoria Market (huge covered market with all the things you could ever think to buy and an extensive fruit and veggie market). We then took the free city tram half way around its loop seeing new sites and orienting our selves for our walk through the city center.
Starting from Flinder's Street, we explored the many little allies and lanes throughout the center of the city, finding delicious places to eat, wall after wall covered in colorful paint or mosaics, and expansive glass atriums spanning the space between numerous allies and buildings.
Flinder's Street Station
Street Art extending the length of a whole ally (compiled from 5 photos)
Collins Place Atrium
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