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Melbourne was the less eventful part of the trip in some respects. We arrived on a Saturday late in the afternoon. We had that evening and Sunday to goof around. I had a conference on Monday and Tuesday, and we left on Wednesday. So these pictures are from the non-working days in Melbourne.
Ali, of course, went out and had fun while I was working. But she did not take photographic evidence of her crazy adventures. Email her if you want to know what she did!
above: Ali on at a historical marker bearing her name (off by a few letters)
above: We got a picture of the McCafe mostly to document our fascination with it. Not fascinating meaning they had great coffee (we never went in) but just odd to see that every McDonald's in Australia had a Starbucks-like McCafe coffee shop at the front of the store. Coming to a block(s) near you soon.......
above: A couple of pictures from the roof of our hotel. The first weekend in March, they run the Australian Grand Prix around this park. The bring in bleachers and such all around the park, quite remarkable.
above: Ali and I on the roof of the hotel. Encouraged by Ali, I do my best modeling pose. Moreover, here is proof that I do actually own a suit!
above: This is a view of and then a view from the roof of the ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Memorial just east of downtown Melbourne. On these grounds are memorials to Australian involvement in every global conflict beginning with World War I. We were impressed by how beautiful it was...and by the fact that the security guard knew not only everything about the Memorial and its symbolism, but American politics and geopolitical ambitions, too. We were wise enough not to tell him we had just learned what ANZAC meant that week.
above: Two memorials from the ANZAC memorial - the left represents a fallen World War II soldier; the right is a memorial to the two generations who fought in World Wars I and II.
above: The Memorial again. There's a small piece missing from the roof that allows a beam of sunlight to illuminate the memorial inside at 11:00 am on the 11th of November every year. Very Indiana Jones.