Melbourne Day 3

I visited a few museums on my last day in Melbourne. First the Museam of Chinese Australian history as I like social history and they have a fun walk through area of what life in a gold rush camp was like. They had a special exhibition on the Han Dynasty which fitted in well with the terracotta warriers in Perth. Also they had lots of ceremonial Lion heads and the big Chinese dragon used at New Year which is over 60m long and takes 8 people just to carry the head.

I then walked through Fitzroy Gardens and a funny little tudor modern village and visited Cook's Cottage. Rebuilt stone by stone from Captain Cook's parents house in Great Ayton, just up the road from me in Yorkshire. Its been a tourist attraction here since the 1930s. 

I avoided the many flag waving protestors (and police) outside the parliament building. I couldn't work out if it was an anti-immigration protest or a counter protest against anti-immigration policies. Maybe people from both sides! 

Between my apartment and the city centre is the arts precinct (we would say district) and I kept walking past the National Gallery of Victoria and being attracted by the waterfall entrance and moving neon birds outside. So I popped in and of course there was far too much to see in one visit but I enjoyed the galleries and especially some of the ancient Egyptian artifacts. 

Morning sun from the balcony. So far in Victoria its been a mix of sun and cloud and very pleasant temperature, not too hot for sightseeing.

Rowing clubs on the right. The cox doesn’t usually stand up! 


Cook's Cottage

Large Art
I recognised this one


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