The shopping in Melbourne was so great, you should have seen the size of H&M!! There are big department stores here call David Jones and Myer and although they have very expensive brands in you can still find yourself getting a good deal here and there in some of the cheaper auzzie labels (although on a traveller’s budget it is very limited with the actual buying part)! There are streets upon streets of shops and we managed to spend an entire day wandering around most of them, I know what you’re thinking, how can they spend a whole day shopping when they’re travelling? Well, we’re both shoppers and I love nothing more than to have a day trip shopping so that’s what we did!!Īlso, hidden amongst the many shopping streets you will often find yourself walking down a street covered in graffiti, the city is known for its street art. As the day ended we found ourselves in the Southbank area (which we loved) watching the sun setting over the river- Melbourne was leaving a great first impression!
We bought SIM cards which are so cheap here and we had a wander around the city to get our bearings. The first day we arrived into Melbourne consisted of a bit of travel admin, we completed our Australia itinerary and booked a few upcoming trips including the Whitsundays and Fraser Island. I really like it though and it’s a welcome change. Coming from New Zealand- we couldn’t take it! The population in the city here is so much larger (second largest in Australia) than NZ and everything seems so much bigger. We have finally made it to Melbourne, capital of Victoria, and it’s boiling! There seems to be a light coverage of cloud that is locking the heat in creating a warm breeze resulting in such a rise in temperature compared to what we are used to.