Melbourne

Melbourne was the last stop on my journey and this is also where I met my old friend who used to work with me at the London Times. When he went to work that day, his wife showed me around Melbourne and pointed out the various sights. She took me to the Crown Casino on the way to the Immigration Museum, and it dwarfed the Penrith Panthers Club rather easily. It was just like the casinos in Las Vegas and was the only one in the state. Then I went to the museum where I looked at pictures from the 1950s when airplane travel was the quickest way to get to Australia and led to real immigration to the country. The next day I went to my friend’s country house in the King Valley and I learn about the constant and terrible bush fires that happen. After this we went further into Alpine National Park where we met a friend of theirs who was a park ranger. He shows us around the park commenting on the scenery that the park has. He also takes us up to the top of Mt. Bogong where we spend the rest of the day until we drive back to Melbourne. The next day I took a flight to Sydney to end my trip.