On account of the impact of the sun from the Cricket indoor venues were very much in order. There are plenty of cultural sights close to where we were staying we were able to dodge the sun through the trees in Carlton Gardens.
Royal Exhibition Hall built for the International Exhibition, 1880. Not open for viewing which was a real blow as I’d like to have revisited the hall where on my last visit to Melbourne I enjoyed a particularly boozy and floozy conference dinner.
Melbourne Museum – home to thousands of bugs and artifacts and the Ashes Exhibition. Juxtapositioned adjacent to the Exhibition Hall it seems a fitting place for one of the best museums I’ve ever visited.
What is it about men and boys?! MT’s favourite exhibit