After we arrived at our accommodation in Spencer St, right in the middle of the area known as Docklands, I was quite impressed with DH’s choice of where we were to stay. The apartment was very nice, but it was the view I loved!
DH pointed out Flemington Racecourse ( home of the Melbourne Cup race) in this view.
We were 34 floors up but the balcony was so narrow so no table and chairs to linger in
A view of part of the Yarra River and a good view of the Docklands area; so different from the original docklands...
The roof of Southern Cross Station
A trainspotters dream 😉 We could look down and watch the country trains coming ( and going) from Southern Cross Station...and the suburban trains coming out from a tunnel.
Our first outing was across the road to the station to get my 4 year old MYKI card ( stored credit travel card) replaced as it was out of date and we hadn’t been able to add credit online back at home. I was impressed that the $5+ credit I had on the old card was transferred to my new one. We have similar cards from a number of states and even some overseas ones and I’m so used to losing money on out of date ones. Big tick to Victoria 👍!
Attached to the station is an Outlet Centre so we went in there for a coffee and then to a supermarket to get food supplies for our stay. So we were inside 45 minutes at the most. When we left Coles, this is what greeted us...
It was the heavy rain which had accompanied a storm...and we’d heard nothing. And the umbrella was up in our room but it probably wouldn’t have been much use against the heavy rain...more like a tropical downpour.
So I took off my shoes ( in Queensland style 😜) and clutching our bags of groceries we dashed across the road, getting quite wet in the process. So we walked into the foyer of this posh hotel with its marble floor, me with my head held high and clutching my shoes, dripping water on that floor and got the lift...
DH took a photo of me in the lift...
And we laughed all the way to our apartment and nice hot showers. So this latest adventure had started.
