Our Visit to Melbourne, 25th to 31st December 2014

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The day we went to Blue Lotus Water Garden was our last day with Martin in Melbourne. The following day was New Year’s Eve. We spent New Year’s Eve in Tathra near Bega.

We arrived at Martin’s place in Essendon (Melbourne) late in the afternoon on Christmas Day. Caroline and Matthew soon drove on to Boronia to visit Mathew’s family. Two days later, which was a Saturday, C and M came back to Essendon. They came after lunch. For afternoon coffee we went to Williamstown and later on on our way back to Essendon we stopped at a beer garden at Moonee Ponds. That same Saturday, the five of us, went in the evening in our rental car also the city for some ice-cream at MESSINA’S. Matthew had found out that in Melbourne was the same ice-cream shop that we loved to go to in Sydney. It turned out that the Melbourne shop was with young people just as popular as it was in Sydney.

Large queues in front of Messina's
Large queues in front of MESSINA’s

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Matthew took this picture of Martin, Caroline, me and Peter.
Matthew took this picture of Martin, Caroline, me and Peter.

Earlier that day I had taken a picture of Caroline and Matthew as they arrived at Martin’s place.

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On Saturday, the 27th, we were off to have a look at Williamstown.

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In Williamstown we also had ice-cream.
In Williamstown we also had ice-cream.

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I could not help myself, when I saw these Christmas decorations in a coffee shop, I had to take some pictures!

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The coffee was good.
The coffee was good.

From Williamstown Matthew drove us to Monee Ponds where we stopped for some refreshing cold beer. In that beer garden they had a live band playing lovely music. It was a very nice place for a stop to have a drink.

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I catch up with a bit more about Melbourne in another post.

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Auntie, Sister. Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Mother and Wife of German Descent I've lived in Australia since 1959 together with my husband Peter. We have four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I started blogging because I wanted to publish some of my childhood memories. I am blogging now also some of my other memories. I like to publish some photos too as well as a little bit of a diary from the present time. Occasionally I publish a story with a bit of fiction in it. Peter, my husband, is publishing some of his stories under berlioz1935.wordpress.com

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5 thoughts on “Our Visit to Melbourne, 25th to 31st December 2014”

    1. Danke, liebe Gislinde. Am Dienstag verblieb ich für mehr als zwei Stunden in einem Shopping Centre. Da war ich froh, als ich wieder zu Hause war! Verbringe den Rest der Woche recht gut, liebe Gislinde. Ich hoffe du machst gesundheitlich gute Fortschritte. Wishing you all the best! Love, Uta 🙂

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  3. Great tour of Melbourne and environs there Uta, great pics as to be expected.
    The queue for icecream at Messina’s is huge, those icecreams must be magical and worth a fortune.
    A great all round post Uta, family and fun makes a great combination.
    Regards
    Ian

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