Melbourne

I mentioned in an earlier post that Ryan and I headed to Oz to celebrate our 4 year wedding anniversary!  We have been saving for this trip for a while, and we found a great deal on tickets a few months ago.  Thank you Air New Zealand!

Anyway we arrived into Melbourne at 8am (yes, that means we had to be at the airport at 4:30 that morning...ew), and after dropping our bags at the hotel, we started to explore!

Parliament

a church

Rod Laver arena, home of the Australian tennis Open!

Federation Square

laneways

In Melbourne, many of the alleys have been turned into skinny laneways full of cafes, and shops.  I loved exploring and finding all of the hidden laneways and arcades.  So fun!  We led ourselves on a self-guided tour :)

more laneways

 some of them are so thin!

Similar to Wellington, there were a ton of cafes, so we felt right at home!  It was a long day after our 4:30am start, but I'm excited to share with you our trip on the Great Ocean Road the next day!