Yesterdays wander had nothing on today’s.
Got up at 8AM and left the house 45mins later to watch a film at the Highpoint mall a wee walk away. I haven’t been to the cinema in at least 6 months and Tuesdays at this cinema are cheaper so I felt it had to be done, pity Anchorman 2 was shite. I knew they shouldn’t have done a sequel…
After the film I bought a steak & cheese subway then ate it in a park next to the Maribyrnong River just 10mins down the road. Decided to follow the river into the city and I noticed a police boat next to a bridge fishing out a dead body, Nat assures me this isn’t normal in Melbourne. Apart from that the walk down the river is really nice with the city skyline getting closer, some swish apartments, Chinese temple and nature reserves.
Leaving the river I ventured through the industrial area of Melbourne and was confronted not only by Costco (YAS!) but the Melbourne Eye (OK they call it the Melbourne Star but it’s the same thing). Went through the Docklands outdoor shopping centre and hopped on a City Circle tram for less than a handful of stops, it was too hot on that thing. Headed to Flinders Street Station via the grid block city (it’s going to be easy getting round this place I feel) then walked through the Olympic Park (forgot about that) to Richmond, here I visited Slow Beer for a cold one and job prospects. There were none but the beer was great, even had my favourite Dark Island Reserve ($48).
Time was ticking on so I finished my beer and headed North-West to Thunder Road brewery for the home brew meetup. Having it in this brewery is going to be fantastic, we got a tour round and told that in the future we will be able to use the pilot brewery to make some competition beers, this is really really cool. The guys are a good bunch and I sampled a whole load of home brewed beers. At half nine we got kicked out and I walked home, today I covered around 35KM doing a big circle around the city, ace fun but I’ve burnt me face. Ha!