SHAW'S TOURS

We arrived into Melbourne in glorious sunshine where the ship docks right in town and even sat on deck after some early breakfast!At 09.30 we left the ship and were met by the Shaw family (Derek, Lorinda, Lucas and Zac). Derek had worked with Gillian at The Amersham School. Derek had borrowed one of the school mini bus and so we began our tour of Melbourne!

  We visited all the main sites and also some of the less well-known places and found it a great City to visit. Everywhere seemed to be vibrant and busy with many bars, restaurants and entertainment options to visit.

The Melbourne Cup, the biggest horse race in Australia is in 2 days time and this is effectively a 4 day weekend. Added to this the weather being in the mid 80’s meant that locals were out to play!

The boys were excellent and walked miles and only needed the odd bribe of food and then ice cream to keep them going! We were also reminded that going out with young children means constant toilet stops!

It was a fun day and we are very appreciative to them all and will see them again in 4 weeks when we return to Melbourne