Australia day in Melbourne

It was Australia day in Melbourne so the family decided to travel to the City by train so we could enjoy the parade. We managed to get a train soon after we arrived at the Train station by oh dear it seemed that everyone else had the same idea so there was standing room only.

 To make matters even more exciting, it was a stop every station train so there were always people wanting to join the crowd with very few wanting to leave the train.

Eventually we arrive at Flinders street station. The escalators were packed which should have indicated to us that we were in for a very crowded parade.

 We found a good place to wait for the parade to start. Unfortunately we were facing the sun and dear me it was soooo hot.

 There were several different bands so it was very noisy.

 Eventually we had had enough so decided to catch the train back again as we knew that everyone else would have the same idea, namely find a place to have some lunch.

Fortunately the train ride back was much more comfortable as there were fewer passengers so before we knew it were were home again and able to enjoy our lunch in peace. A wonderful yet rather exhausting experience to fill my memory bank.