Sunday 18 March 2007

732pm
You can smell eucalyptus trees when the wind blows.

Apparently, today was end of the Grand Prix Weekend. Heard screaming car noises when got off bus in town as echoing through downtown area, but instead of trying to locate origins, meandered down Southbank Promenade to find food and also managed to find Arts Market at end closest to theatres. Self-control (and exhaustion brought about by hunger) allowed me to merely look and touch the yarn without making any purchases. Made up for this disgustingly mature behaviour after lunch at Blue Train Café by having double waffle cone from Trampoline – sesame ice cream is FANTABULOUS!

Lunch involved no beetroot but rather salmon pasta with sundried tomatoes, asparagus and parmesan. Lovely Shiraz Cabernet with cherry flavours. Water served in clear glass bottle (tap water) with rubber swing stopper – like a Grolsh bottle. Think this is good idea – so’s you can drink all the water you want and out of a cool bottle. I am so easily influenced. Blue Train Café is upstairs with nice breezy balcony, food is good, service leaves a bit to the imagination. Order was taken by normal person, but everything brought to my table was thrown at me by sulky lip-pierced guy with those little wisps of hair 'casually' drifting across face. This annoyed me.

Sat on bench next to Yarra River, which runs though Melbourne (this was surprise as thought there was only ocean water here) and read until two people felt need to sit at other end of my bench despite there being loads of other benches. In addition to trains and busses, there are trolleys and trams in Melbourne – we shall see if can figure this out.

Highway into city from airport is eight to ten lane and smooth the whole way. Landscape quite brown away from the city, but greener as you get closer in. Although was not moved to tears by the sight, there was Ferrari display inside Crown Towers. They were very red, very pretty, and very well-guarded by Chubb security :) Crown Towers is part of massive complex with hotel, casino, designer shopping and posh restaurants along the river.

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