Melbourne

Thursday, July 17

As it's only 2 weeks before we fly to Shanghai we were anxious to lodge the applications for our visas for China, so we completed all the paperwork and set off for the local train station. At Flinders Street station in the city we changed to a tram which took us to the stop right outside the Chinese Consulate.

Flinders Street station in Melbourne

 

Lodging our applications went smoothly and we will be able to pick them up next Wednesday, so we were impressed with such a fast turnaround. One of the questions on the form was "Which countries have you visited in the last 12 months?" - this required a separate sheet of paper listing the 27 countries we've visited in the last 9 months of travelling!

We caught the tram back to Flinders Street, had a quick lunch and caught a train back to the station near Alan's parents to visit them. It was great seeing Dad looking so well and Mum as bright as ever.

Winter has really arrived in Melbourne, with the top temperature a chilly 12C with rain and a cold wind. We're really feeling it after so many months of warm - hot sunny weather!

 

 

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