Melbourne!!! Day 2 - busy busy!!

We started our day with a bit of breakfast from McDonalds.

mmmmm pancakes!


Janet had a bacon & egg roll


Then we caught a tram to the Melbourne Zoo. We were a bit early, so we had to wander around aimessly for a while waiting for it to open!  The zoo was the place I really wanted to go to while we were in Melbourne. And I took about a million photos, so will share just a few here...


Meer Cat


Gorilla! - We stood and wached the gorillas for ages - they were enjoying a feed of spinach!


We also got to see the baby elephant!!

And of course, my favourite - Giraffes! Janet told me that they didn't have giraffes at this zoo, so I was very excited to see that they actually did!!





Lion


Brown Bear

After the zoo, we hopped back on the tram, and jumped off at the Queen Victoria Markets for a quick look around.

we managed to squeeze in time for some lunch

yes, we ate churros for lunch. We shared a bag of 7. for $6. delicious! Although I did get rather covered in icing sugar!


We then headed for Federation Square, because we had tickets for a very important event.



This is the whole reason we were in Melbourne!!

The Abba World exhibition was really good! They had heaps of the actual costumes, instuments and other ABBA memorabillia, as well as interactive sections where you got to sing with ABBA, dance in a video clip etc etc. We had a great time!







Of course, all that ABBA-ing makes you hungry, so we went over the road to "Lord of the Fries" for some dinner!!



how exciting! a vegetarian burger place!!! I want one in Brisbane!! please!!!

JAnet had the French-Canadian Fries, or Poutine, which was fries with cheese and gravy


I went for an original burger, which was fantastic! loved it!! the burger patty was delicious, the sauces, the pickle, everything was just as a burger should be!

And after all that healthy eating (just as well we also did A LOT of walking) it was back to our hotel for some sleep!

Bakery Morning Tea & Picnic Lunch - The Village Bakery, New Farm

We were wandering around New Farm filling in time before we went to see "The True Story Of Butterfish"
 at the Powerhouse.  So we stopped at The Village Bakery for some morning tea....

of course, Janet has a jam & mock-cream donut. which was good, but apparently still not as good as the one from the Merino Bakery in Longrach (and I am not driving back there just for a donut!!)

I tried a small apple turnover - which was rather tasty, and pretty much took care of the apple-pie craving I have been having!

For lunch, we called back in to the bakery to grab some food to take down to New Farm park to picnic with....

I had this rather massive Salad Sandwich. It was certainly filled to maximum capacity, with carrot, onion, beetroot, tomato & lettuce. YUM!!

Janet had this Bacon & Egg roll, with BBQ sauce

Dreamy Donuts

We were at Indooroopilly, so we just had to get some Dreamy Donuts.

what to choose, what to choose.....it was too hard to decide, so we just had to force ourselves to order a 6 pack.....

Of course we chose 2 Cinnamon Glazed - these are my all time favourite!

We had one traditional glazed - I had this one - it was nice, but not as good as cinnamon!

one blueberry filled - I enjoyed the donut part more than the filling, but it was still good 

a chocolate topped - this was Janet's choice - she liked it

and Janet's other choice - cookies and cream, which I believe was her favourite.

Sea World Food

There is a sign when you go into Sea World that says you are not permitted to bring in any food (although they did not check our bags....)





For Lunch, I had the only vegetarian item I could find - a cheese & salad roll. It was premade, so I had to have it as it came. It had Cheese, Tomato, Lettuce, Carrot & Cucumber (which I removed). Quite tasty, but too cheesy for my liking.

Janet had a pie

And we chared this Churro before we watched the Sea Lion show. They are very sneaky with food carts at the front of every show as people wait for it to start.

Donuts!

While I had my icecream, Janet managed to find some Organic Donuts! She tried a plain one - it was very tasty. (I don't think it would be possible to find an organic Mock cream donut!!)

bakery treats....

In order to get Janet's Jam & Mock cream donut craving out of her system, I stopped in at a bakery on the way home. (The bakery in the Westpoint shopping centre at Browns Palins - I'm not sure what it is called, but it was still open after 5, so that was useful!)

I of course got Janet the required Jam & Mock cream donut. It was reportedly delicious.

And for myself, an apple slice. I was a bit dissapointed with this. I think it may have been frozen. And there were some bits of skin still on some of the apple. Oh well, that will teach me for buying things from the bakery!

Time for Lunch! - The Merino Bakery, Longreach

We had lunch at the Merino Bakery, Longreach. Its a great set up, with your normal bakery items, as well as a great sandwich/roll bar.

I had, yet another salad sandwich. This time, with lettuce, onion, beetroot, carrot, tomato, on fresh bakery bread. Delicious!!

Janet had a sausage roll....

And what has now come to been known as the Best Cream & Jam Donut ever.