If it's Thursday it must be...St. Kilda!

Another Thursday and another outing for Linton and James. I took the day off from hanging my hat in the library and after dropping the boys at school we trammed our way down to St. Kilda, an area of Melbourne that I would most closely associate with Kitsilano in Vancouver or Queen Street in the Beach.

Before St. Kilda we poked our head into a very good tourist info centre and got all kinds of information about everything from skiing to wine tours and from theatre tickets to gold mines. The list of things to do within a few hours drive of Melbourne is incredible. Yes, it's true - we are remotely considering the prospect of doing a day of skiing at Mt. Buller. Apparently the conditions are incredible this year and the idea of skiing in August is starting to grow on us.

We re-boarded the tram and headed down to St. Kilda, another 15 minutes south of downtown. It is an incredible collection of restaurants and cafes with some of the most amazing cake and sweet stores we have ever seen. After cruising the strip on Acland Street looking for a place to eat we settled on a quiet Malaysian restaurant - great food (spring rolls and fried noodles) and a very tasty Cascade Light beer. After topping things off with a latte from the, get ready, McCafe at McDonalds we checked out the beach and the boardwalk.

It was a very blustery day but we managed to see Luna Park - a sort of miniature Coney Island - along with some very brave souls para-surfing. It is a lovely beach and certainly a place we will want to play when the weather gets a bit warmer. After a quick tram home we picked up some beer and videos for our thursday movie night. The highlight of the night might have been the impromptu dance party we had - very reminiscient of a few good disco sessions we have had at 44 Harwood.

Tomorrow I have to hit the books hard as I have classes for the next three Saturdays in a row but on Sunday we are off to the MCG for our first Aussie Rules Football game. Go Hawthorn!