Melbourne

After a couple of glasses of bubbles we boarded the A320, seats 1F and 1D, guaranteed no neighbours. We flew for a long time in darkness, but eventually the sky turned red as the sun rose. 

I watched "Hunt for the Wilderpeople", which was great. So pleased it was an option as I doubt that we would've made it to a movie theatre to see it.

Customs was a breeze, it's so easy travelling between NZ and Oz now with ePassports. Then we boarded a Skybus for the 30 minute trip into town. Free wifi, which was just as well because we only had a vague idea of where the apartment was. Hooray for Google maps!

And hooray for airbnb. We were able to get into the apartment about 9am. It is in the middle of the CBD, with a free tram at the door, and at a very reasonable price. We are on the 23rd floor, just along from the rooftop swimming pool. There have been people swimming in it and steam coming off it, so it's obviously heated.

We walked around for a while to get our bearings, had an early afternoon nap, and walked around some more. 15,000 steps in all, whew!