{"id":11007,"date":"2010-05-06T20:11:05","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T09:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=11007"},"modified":"2010-05-06T20:11:05","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T09:11:05","slug":"half-a-day-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=11007","title":{"rendered":"Half a day in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I flew before the others as I was on Jet Star and met them later in the day. A bit later than expected as Minh&#8217;s luggage managed to miss her aeroplane. I caught the\u00a0fiendishly\u00a0expensive airport bus into Southern Cross and proceeded to wander around town. I have not wandered around Melbourne like this for decades. I started at a\u00a0church\u00a0I had never entered before. It is very elegant on the inside.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/6338107001\/sizes\/l\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11009\" title=\"2010-05-06 at 14-02-54\" src=\"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2010-05-06-at-14-02-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Later I wandered down the River to Spencer Street and headed up Spencer Street.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/6338868026\/sizes\/l\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11026\" title=\"2010-05-06 at 15-00-11\" src=\"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2010-05-06-at-15-00-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I then met the others at Southern Cross.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/6338121239\/sizes\/l\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11036\" title=\"2010-05-06 at 15-22-01\" src=\"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2010-05-06-at-15-22-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We had some lunch at Lord of the Fries, which is a new place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/6338123265\/sizes\/l\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11039\" title=\"2010-05-06 at 16-38-08\" src=\"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2010-05-06-at-16-38-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We headed to a street full of graffiti.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/6338126727\/sizes\/l\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11044\" title=\"2010-05-06 at 17-11-01\" src=\"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2010-05-06-at-17-11-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Before stopping for Dinner at\u00a0Stalactites. It really has not changed since I used to go there in my Uni days 25 years\u00a0earlier. After dinner we headed off to the airport to fly to Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/6338884742\/sizes\/l\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11051\" title=\"2010-05-06 at 17-52-19\" src=\"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2010-05-06-at-17-52-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I flew before the others as I was on Jet Star and met them later in the day. 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