Canberra To Melbourne

Our main purpose for visiting, as it would be for many people, was parliament house. Both the old one and the new one. After visiting the stately Old Parliament House, we went to check out the New Parliament House. Along the way we saw chance to visit the National Archives which had some impressive images on display.

Old Parliament House

New Parliament House

It is good to see that the Aboriginal Ambassy is still “allowed to exist.” It’s shameful that the embassy is still needed as a means of protest, but until a lot of really difficult questions are both answered and acted upon by both federal and local governments many Australians will continue to support its existence.

Aboriginal Ambassy

The rest of the city turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. But then again, we have seen hardly anything, so we are not in a position to say much to that extend: we arrived late, and just spent half a day moseying around Parliament House (which was not in session at that time).

Towards Melbourne

The scenery on the way to Melbourne was quite spectacular indeed. Loved the purple fields full of wild flowers, the hills with their rocks and a beautiful sunset to top it all off. Since we had quite a few kilometers to travel that day, we ended up taking hardly any pictures. That’s a shame—it would have been worth it.

Scenery on the way to Melbourne

Melbourne

Coming into Melbourne late was a bit of a surprise. I don’t think I have seen as many speed camera’s anywhere in my life as I did entering Melbourne. Guess they want us to behave. So behave we did. We were staying in a nice hotel near Southern Cross train station. Unfortunately it was a little too far removed from China Town for our liking (which was buzzing even at the late hour we arrived).

Southern Cross railway station

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