Eureka Building and Parliament Tour

On Monday we went on the city tour and then went 88 stories up to get panoramic views of Melbourne from the Eureka Building. Oisín went out on the glass floor but I chickened out. There is something very disconcerting about standing on a floor so high up and being able to see right down. After that we met Steve Herbert, the Parliamentary Secretary for Education and got our own private tour of the Parliament. We saw the old and the new and all the old nooks and crannies. They even had a lawn tennis court and bowling green, right in the centre of Melbourne with magnificent views of the city and St Patrick’s Cathedral. We had a nice meal with Steve and then went on a tour of ACMI (Australian Cinema and Moving Images). We had not planned this and it turned out to be very impressive and informative. This was followed by bit of window shopping and then the three hour drive back to Warrnambool. We arrived ‘home’ late at night and shattered. It’s great that I am on holidays and can sleep in!