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Federation Square, a central gathering spot across the street from Flinders St station.

The spire on top of the National Arts Center

Stained glass roof inside of the Victoria Art Museum

Flinders Street Station

After a week of temps near 100 and high humidity in Sydney we thought we would never be cool again, and here we find ourselves in Melbourne looking for the sunny side of the street. It is an interesting city, lots of nice neighborhoods and rows of cute little houses one and two story with metal filigree railings just like New Orleans.

There is a free trolley running around the perimeter of the central city. It stopped in front of the Princess theatre, a beautifully restored 1860's building. Hairspray was on and since neither of us had seen it we decided to go, and had a great time. The singing was very good.