Day Ten - Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

Arrived in Melbourne around midday.  Able to take an enforced stroll about town as the rooms in the hotel weren't ready.  Managed to get down to the ornate mainline station before returning to the hotel opposite the Flagstaff Gardens, about 20 minutes from the main centre of downtown Melbourne.

The weather isn't that great.  We've got a lot of overcast skies and regular, heavy downpours, meanwhile temperature and humidity are both high.  In a word, sticky.

In the evening Dad and I walked round the corner to the Queen Victoria Markets, nominally a functioning fruit and veg affair weekdays, at weekends and on a Wednesday, the locals turn it into a food and retail emporium with 20 or more food stalls selling meals and treats from all over the world.  In addition there are many stalls selling trinkets, clothing, crafts and jars of locally-made produce.  All in all a great experience for the visitor.  The market remains open late into the evening and was packed with Melbournians and tourists alike.  They even had a couple of bands playing on small stages inside and outside the market.