Today was the day I tried not to spend any of my budgeted money because I bought expensive insoles. Argh. Darn my feet, anyway.

Mission accomplished. Yesterday I skipped a museum so at least I had coffee money, and leftovers for dinner. Luckily, all my daily activities didn’t cost anything but footsteps.

The country’s capitol was here in Melbourne for a few years so they have a very nice capitol building to show for it. The guide was lucky to have a small group, and we got lots of extra time in the rooms too.

It is great to see a parliament building that has never been bombed, or burned, or torn down in a revolution. All original finishes and woodwork.

After lunch, the treasury. Gold was discovered here just after the area was granted independence from New South Wales. Very convenient timing. Melbourne the city grew like crazy. The area under settlement went from a European population of zero to 5 million in less than 200 years. That’s nuts! The building itself is partly now a museum.

Of course I went in some churches too.

Its chilly here now, so again I went home early to watch a move before dinner. Now I’m hooked on Peaky Blinders, thanks a lot Netflix.

After dinner I roamed around the Japanese dollar store. So much crap, and so much more awesome than the dollar store junk we have at home. Not really, but it’s cuter.

Good night, beautiful people

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