Today we took the bus and train to downtown Melbourne to visit the Queen Victoria Market to see what they had and hopefully, find some bites to eat for dinner.
One note about the public transportation system here. As noted in a prior blog, there are a wealth of options — bus, tram, and, train. They run regularly and appear to be well maintained. Bob had researched the Myki card that we needed to purchase and use for all modes.
We feel like we have the transportation system pretty much down. The bus stop is a three minute walk, the bus to the train station takes 15 minutes, then a 20-25 minute train ride. All very easy with tapping on and off with the Myki.
The Queen Victoria Market was pretty large. It contained a retail area of souvenirs and locally made goods, organic fruit and veg, conventional fruit and veg, a meat and seafood section, and a prepared food area. There was some construction going on in one area, so it seems like it will be growing. It has been operating since 1878 and is the largest open-air market in the southern hemisphere.
towards some of the city’s high rise buildings.
including goat brains which are in the plastic containers.
We bought some marinated seafood and salmon rolls to go with a carrot salad that Bob made for dinner. We also picked up some Turkish delight for dessert but not from the booth above. One thing we passed on was the souvenir kangaroo scrotum bottle opener that was on offer. 😳
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