Today was rather special, it wasn’t because it was our first time in Melbourne or that we visited somewhere spectacular. It was because Nicole met a family member that until March this year, she never even knew existed. I would love to tell you more about it but on this occasion, I am going to refrain from going into too much detail to protect the privacy of those involved. We have watched programmes about this sort of thing on TV and today we experienced it first hand for ourselves which was an incredible experience. We did see some of Melbourne while getting to know one another and prior to travelling had picked a couple of locations that we could enjoy as a group.
Our day started with our arrival at Station Pier, the weather looked a bit ominous with plenty of dark clouds all around but thankfully it never came to anything. Once off the ship we booked an Uber to take us to the Docklands area for our meet up and the venue of our first attraction which was great fun. It was called Artvo which is an immersive art gallery or ‘trick art’ gallery, it’s the first of its kind in Australia and what you do is follow a route around the building taking photos on your phone at some of the really clever art but adding yourself to the picture. It was great fun to do and a great way to get to know the new family.
After a quick lunch, we headed off by taxi to attraction number two which was the Melbourne Skydeck where 88 floors up you can be manoeuvred out over the edge on a glass floored cube called “The Edge”. While you are suspended there looking down through the glass floor, the sound of cracking glass is broadcast over the speakers. Not for the faint hearted but a unique experience.
Today was all about meeting family and the rest of the day was spent just doing a bit of walking and plenty of chatting which unfortunately was over all too soon.
After we said our goodbyes, we made our way back to the ship via taxi during Melbourne’s rush hour which seemed to take forever. Once we were back onboard, it was the usual evening drill with food and drinks and in today’s case an early night as we were both exhausted. Thankfully tomorrow is a sea day and will allow us to recharge our batteries.
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The Edge looks very cool, we visited Chicago years ago and the had something similar. And then my cruise last month on the Majestic had one too! I think they’re very fun.
Melbourne is a great city to visit and I was pleased to see you made it up the Eureka Tower and onto the ‘Edge’. I realise you had different priorities but when we were there with QM2 we used the local train to get to the Station Pier area which was very slick. Have a restful day, Adelaide is another great visit.