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It’s 3:45 a.m. Monday morning here in Melbourne.  For some reason, I’m wide awake.  I’m not sure if it’s the caffeine from last night, but I’m pretty sure it’s not jet lag.  Since I can’t sleep, I thought I’d post about Sunday.

I went out walking around St. Kilda on Sunday morning.  St. Kilda is the suburb where we’re staying.  I wanted to get some pictures of the area, find some restaurants where we might want to eat, and get some caffeine.  Shane stayed here at the apartment to get some laundry done.

When I got back, I did a little work (not much) and we watched some TV while Shane finished his laundry.  Matt picked us up around 2:30 and took us out to see Melbourne.

First we went to an area known as the Docklands.  There are large apartment buildings, a walkway, and some specialty restaurants looking out over where many boats are docked.

Matt told us about this boat called the Sea Shepherd.  It’s a boat that goes out to the ocean and rams into whale boats, protecting the Australian coast (and whales).  As a result of all the aggressive behavior, the Sea Shepherd is quite a beat up boat.

From the Docklands, you can also see the Telstra Dome, a sports arena where they play Australian Football, better known as “footy.”  We hope to catch a game before we leave.

The Docklands were once very old and run down, but the city (state?) has done major work to renovate the area.  They take one old section at a time and rebuild it.  They’re mostly done now, and it looks really nice.

We left the Docklands and headed over to Brunswick Street, an area that is intentionally kept looking very old.  There were some interesting specialty shops there, and we walked around looking at stuff before heading back over to Church Street.

Church Street is the fashion district around here.  It’s where we ate that Japanese food the other night and is also the home of that cinema we found.  We walked around to look at the interesting shops and people, and then Matt brought us back to the apartment.

After a bit of a rest, Shane and I headed out to grab a pizza.  We then walked down to the Seven Eleven for some caffeine and a Crunchie bar.  I love those things.

I’ve got some photos online now.  You can see them here.  I tried to name the files a very descriptive name so you would know what you’re looking at (and so that I won’t forget what stuff was when I get back home).  I’ll have more pictures online later.

I’m going to try to get some more sleep.  There are only about 3 hours left before I need to be up, so maybe I can catch a little rest before the alarm goes off.

Cheers.