We stopped at Benalla on the way, and spent more time there than I expected. There was an interesting museum there. We were talking about how nice it was that we could go to some random museum in a small town in the middle of nowhere. Then I pointed out that in Victoria there is nowhere that is really nowhere. Just like in the UK there is nowhere that is really nowhere. Then we turned a corner and saw this:
Of course we had to stop and have coffee there.
There was a lovely art shop there, too. Lots of great things, but the most amazing things to me where these little collapsable castle-on-a-hill sculptures. I was so very tempted to get one. But then again, there were quite a few things in that particular shop that I was tempted to get.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention the street art. Apparently it was a new thing in Benalla. There was a flyer in the museum about all the installations, but the only one we really got to see was this:
The drive from Benalla to Melbourne was long, straight and boring. I like driving, but I like driving in interesting places. I was musing along the way that this was the perfect sort of drive for auto-driving cars - the road was straight and uncomplicated, and every car was going in basically the same direction at the same speed. I just wanted to hand over control of the vehicle and settle back with a good book.
We arrived a little late in South Yarra, but we got as far as the Chapel St Bazaar - quite an amazing place. If you've never been there, I recommend spending more than the 20 minutes we had there.
Dinner was at the Oriental Tea House, which was fantastic. Can thoroughly recommend.
Tomorrow we're planning on going to the Aquarium. I like Aquaria.
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