A well earned sit down!
When we visited Colin and Leonie yesterday we were given a paper on a guided walk through the older part of Melbourne.
We had a slight setback as it was tipping with rain (what a cheek) so instead of waiting for it to stop we decided to go on the free tram again and go around and around until it stopped!
Eventually we were able to start the walk which was given in steps around various parts of Melbourne. Melbourne is a picture of very old and very new and a lot of the older buildings and churches are surrounded by very large new skyscrapers.
We managed to find all the mentioned places, one being an old bank, which still exists as such and has wonderful teller's stations where the general public still go to use a a conventional bank. It was mainly wooden and and halls adjoining were amazing.
There are many churches in Melbourne. Because of all the early immigration each sector had its own religion and so churches were founded. Welsh, German, English (catholic and anglican) and many others. These buildings are all being kept (thank goodness because Australians do not seem to have a sense of history and the old buildings rot and then are taken down). We saw the old Parliament building (only used as a state building now as Canberra is the official capital territory now).
We managed to find all the steps written down and came back exhausted with all the walking, but had a really good day.
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