[Sydney Trip] Day 8: Melbourne City Tour

I tried vegemite today, out of curiosity as it was dubbed as original Australian food. It's a dark brown paste made from yeast extract. At a glance it looked just like normal chocolate jam. But in just one try, I knew I would not want to eat anymore of that :p It tasted just awful!

We braved the cold and windy morning to take the tram to Queen Victoria Market. The market was a large covered space with many stalls selling various stuff. There’s even a pet shop inside. At another end there was the fresh food section with many fresh fruits, vegetables and also meat and cheese.

Queen Victoria Market

After Victoria Market we stopped by at Harbour Town and also Bourke Street Mall, while soaking in the city atmosphere at the same time. We took the free city circle trams with running commentaries on the city's best spots. Sitting inside the tram while watching the crowd and enjoying the city view was therapeutic. It's much better than braving the confusing traffic. There's nowhere else but Melbourne that had this weird rule for cars to queue on the left-most lane before turning right. Guess it's to accommodate the tram tracks which shared the same road as the rest of the vehicles.

Melbourne city tour

The first leg of the journey back to Sydney started at about 5pm, and we reached Albury at 8.26pm. The city centre’s quite big but only the restaurants were open that late in the evening. A restaurant called Thai Puka was chosen and it was a good choice – their dishes were all good.

Thai dinner in Albury