Downwardly Static: Melbourne Tourist Day

I had the day off today so I decided to go out and do a couple of "touristy" things. Things that I never got around to doing in Melbourne since it's more the sort of thing that tourists would do.

Firstly, I caught a City Circle tram. This was very touristy of course, but quite interesting. It's always a bit of a strange experience seeing your own place presented for tourist eyes. There is a recorded PA voice on the tram talking about all the attractions that are passing by. It's easy to forget that these things are there sometimes. You take so much for granted when you're living in a place and mostly going through the motions of an everyday routine.

I got off the City Circle tram in Docklands, and from there I walked down to South Wharf. From there it was back towards the city along Southbank. These areas aren't necessarily very "touristy", but they're just not places that I've been to very often. But the next destination, Eureka Tower, is quite touristy indeed!

After Eureka Tower, I took a walk down St Kilda Road to the Shrine of Remembrance. This was the last stop before I quit and took a tram home.

Unfortunately, the first half of the day was quite cloudy, and in a fairly drab way at that. It cleared up to a fine and sunny afternoon just as I got home! But I still managed to get a few decent pics of the day.