bus and train to the city

ivy passed me her metlink card to be used for rides on the bus, train and tram in melbourne. i walked ida to arnott street, where valerie is staying, and crossed over to monash university campus to catch bus service 630 to huntingdale station. from the station, i took the city loop train to flinders street station. across the station is the tourist information centre and federation square.

i first tried to locate the singapore kopitiam - which is supposed to be at the junction of bourke street and russell street. not a sign of it. bought red bean bun (aus$1.60) and custard pie (aus$1.80) from breadtop along brouke street. walked down to liitle bourke - chinatown. found out later that the kopitiam is at 213 russell street.

went to the tourist information centre to get some literature on geelong, bellarine and ballarat. a lot of information and help are available at the information centre which is manned by paid staff and some volunteers. it is busier than a clinic and you have to take a number to wait for your turn to be served.

walked across the yarra river to the arts centre which includes a building housing theatres and a concert hall- hamer hall. there is also an art gallery further down the road. back at federation square, walked over to st paul cathedral which reminded me of st mary's in sydney. somewhere along the side of the yarra river, at birrarung marr, there is a circus (of oz) with a giant sky wheel, carousel and a trampoline.

to return to clayton, i took the train from flinders street to huntingdale. from huntingdale station, i walked to north road to take bus service 630 back to monash.