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Discover Melbourne Train Trip
Once again, the Whittlesea U3A destination in enough time to Music History display and the
year started and so did the really enjoy the day. Our first promotion of its theatre
Discover Melbourne Train stop has always been Flinders productions
Trips; Street Station and a visit to a Victoria Market
Group 1, under Mary Renshaw’s local coffee shop for that early
guidance the group has had the morning hit of caffeine, just to South Melbourne Market
opportunity to see the various get us ready for the rest of the Maling Road in Canterbury and
sights of CBD Melbourne, and day. its antique style street shops
outer suburbs. Going on these By the end of each day we are Puffing Billy and the varied
trips one almost feels like a all tired but quite rejuvenated restaurants and shops in Olinda
tourist seeing Melbourne from a having walked and walked, and and Gembrook
different perspective. We have talked and talked, and observed
been able to learn some of our all that is around us. Although Treasury Place
history, visit sights we often the list below is not in any sort Victoria Harbor, South Bank
walk past and ignore and of chronological order because and South Wharf
investigate cultures evident in there are so many to talk about
this great city of ours. some of the sights we have Etihad Stadium
We meet monthly at South visited include: ACMI and Alice in Wonderland
Morang station (or stations Exhibition gardens with the We have ridden trains and
along the way). It is always a various species of flora seen trams and done lots of walking.
very early start to the day there The photos attached give you
catching the 8.33am train to some idea of what we have seen
Flinders Street. The great thing Melbourne Museum and the along the way.
is we do not have to worry too retirement of the Chinese Once again thanks Mary for
much about parking because as Dragon each new activity and looking
you might guess there are not Federation square with its forward to our next discovery in
that many people competing changing display – on this August – unfortunately we miss
with spaces that time on a instance the focus was farming out in July because of school
Sunday morning. However, the and decorated cows holidays.
early start pays off because we Melbourne Arts Precinct
get into the city or other showing both the permanent Natalie Lim
