Melbourne

Melbourne - It was a good flight and the SQ flight arrived on time.   Lesley will arrive about 25 mins later.   I had dinner @ P.J. O'Brien's - an Irish pub and restaurant.  I had their P.J. beef irish stew pie and it tasted very good.   The temperature was 19c.

Whilst we were waiting at the taxi stand, a taxi drove by but he forgot to pull his hand brake and it move forward and the driver nearly hit the passenger loading his luggage onto the taxi in front.   In a flash that nearly save the passgenger legs, he jump up onto the bonnet of the oncoming taxi.   It was such a frightening experience happening in front of our eyes.  What a stupid taxi driver; he could have cause serious injury to the passenger.

Our Hotel was ibis Melbourne @ Little Bourke Street - a small and budget looking Hotel.  The room is small and spartan but clean.   The hotel is very near Chinatown - a 5 minutes walking distance.   Internet access @ this hotel is very expensive A$ 5 for 2 hrs of internet and A$10 for 24hrs or 250Mb download.   As today is the final racing day of F1, the hotel rates were A$ 269 and from tomorrow the rates will drop to A$129.