Melbourne Tuesday

Today after our brekkie at Gloria Jean’s we went to the zoo. It had a pigmy hippo (Chuck’s favorite animal) and a really good rain forest area. This was a very pleasant way to see the zoo because it was shady and the Australian sun is really strong – even in springtime.



The baby giraffe was chasing the emu around. It seemed to want to play.

After lunch (back at the food court with Asian noodle dishes) Chuck went back to work and I went to the Como House. This is a Victorian mansion that showed how the really wealthy members of Australian society lived. Very Well!



This is the ballroom wing. The long windows on the first floor were able to be opened and used as doors. They put little steps on both inside and outside so that people could step outside to the croquet lawn. I was the only person on the 2:00 tour, so it was very personalized. I was invited inside the ropes so that I could look closely at special items. Unlike many large houses, this tour included the kitchen and laundry rooms – so that one could see how the servants lived too.

For dinner we went to Kuni. It was Japanese and we had the tasting menu. For $40 it was a great deal. There were 12 courses and I can’t remember what they were.