Melbourne... again...

Melbourne take 2, this time we were meeted at the airport by the aussie Huttons, relatives of people at Tiff's church. They were kind enough to let us stay with them for our final few days in Oz. We had a day in the city, walking through the botanical gardens and having a picnic, we also jumped on a tram down to st Kilda- the beach district, but it was so hot and busy down there we didn't stay long! The next day Rach(Hutton) took us to the Dandenong mountains, we stopped at skyhigh for the beautiful views over Melbourne and surrounding areas and the onto the william Ricketts sculptures, a beautiful garden with aboriginals carved into clay. That evening we attended Carols by Candlelight in the local park. It was a massive event with a huge stage and a lot of people! Everyone came with their picnic blankets and picnics! was lovely! Tiff especially enjoyed the kids entertainment before it started- where we got to learn all about looking after the bush with ranger roo! It was a lovely evening of carols in the park! It was a slight shame that it was cut short due to a thunderstorm heading our way! But it did finished with an awesome fireworks display! On our final day we headed into Melbourne for a lovely lunch out as a little treat! And we said goodbye to Australia!