It was another gorgeous sunny day today, so I spent time walking up to the National Library on Swanston Street, I brought a newspaper with me & decided to sit in the sun for a bit which was nice. Later on in the day I would go back & into the library to have a look around.
When I got back to my hotel, I met up with another new friend, Reanne, & off we went down to Fed Square to walk & talk, then over to the outdoor market at SouthGate which was really nice, there were lots of lovely wares on display for sale, a few things I came close to buying but in the end just looked at it all, really great stuff though. My friend Karen will be happy to know that I've finally tried my first Lambington cake, which is this chocolatey cake thing with chocolate icing & jam in the middle, very tasty! Nearby was another nice art gallery, the name escapes me at the moment, when I recall it later I'll post what it is. After that Reanne & I parted ways, she showed me what to do on the tram, which I decided to take after my leg started acting up again.
When I got back up to my area, I was going to go have a bit of a rest, but I heard all this fire cracker noise & started walking towards it. As some of you might know, they're celebrating the Chinese New Year, so there were lots of people around Chinatown, so I went to have a look & was rewarded by seeing all the colourful dragons & the drummers. They were also setting off the fire crackers & you wouldnt' want to stand too close to them because wow, when they go off it's extremely loud! I managed to take quite a few good pictures of the dragons too, so there will be lots to see of that.
After a while, having grown tired & a bit hungry, I decided to finally make my way back to my hotel & have a rest, which was much needed. I picked up something to eat & bring it back & had a good rest. Spoke to mom for a bit when she called. I think I'm going to have an early night tonight because tomorrow I'll be off on the Great Ocean Road day tour which I'm looking forward to. Will report on that soon.
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I'd just like to say that lamingtons don't really have jam in them. Cream at a pinch (thought if you make them at home like we used to when I was a kid you don't) but not jam. I'll have to be sure to have some ANZAC biscuits awaiting your arrival up here, since I forgot for Julie and we had to buy some up in Queensland :-(
Glad the tour went ahead. You might be wishing all those colourful birds further when you come to stay here ;-)
Janine
hi aunt lisa
Seeing the Chinese New Year Celebration must have been a lot of fun!! Glad your having a great time!
MM
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