Holiday in Melbourne

The streets of Melbourne city were full of fun things to play with and explore. Including a dog to feed and ride and some good trees to climb.

Melbourne Zoo

Melbourne Aquarium.

Cape Schanck. Possible one of our favourite walks. Ever. Adam and I have done it so many times and I hope to do it many, many more times. 

Arthur love, love, loved the trains and trams and horse drawn carriages. 

The view from our hotel room. Nice. Artie loved watching the trains from the balcony and every morning he woke at 6am with the first train whistle. We would think he was asleep and then hear a little voice saying beep. 

Happy. We love holidays! 

A few notes about the holiday: 

• Travelling in a city with a toddler is tiring! It is not the same as the lay-around-the-beach, long-lazy-walk type holidays we have done with Artie up until now. Not saying it was worse, it just moved at a faster pace. It probably didn't help that Artie was sleeping terribly for a few nights! 
• We probably won't bother with the Melbourne Aquarium again. It was so busy that it was hard to see anything and Melbourne Zoo has a great new area with fish and seals and penguins. Next time we will just buy a zoo pass, we could have gone back to the zoo a few times, there was so much to do and see. 
• Arthur is a great travel companion. It is so fun to see the world through your child's eyes. Everything is new and exciting. The steps of Federation Square are an endless source of amusement, as is all the street art. He is also a trooper on the flights. As long as we have snacks and books and a couple of toys and keep entertaining him, he is fine. We have yet to have a meltdown on a flight and he has been travelling on them since he was 5 months old (knock on wood). 
• I love my boys and I love holidays. Put the two together and I am one happy lady.