4 days of Melbourne culture

Sunday, 5 January 2025

Jon and I are in Melbourne at the moment soaking up some local sports and culture via a jam packed schedule of activities.

After a 2am arrival (thanks Jetstar) we thankfully only had a musical at the Playhouse on the agenda the next day. We saw Dear Evan Hanson with Susannah, which was really enjoyable.  We followed that up the next morning with a visit to the unauthorised Banksy exhibition - where we were able to stencil our own t-shirts with a Banksy design which was really fun -  then we crossed town to see the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at the NGV.  We rounded off the day with some soccer watching in the scorching heat of the late afternoon - although we'd both agree that the soccer itself was far from scorching.

The next day Jon went for a long run while I swam, then strolled to the South Melbourne Markets which is huge and has something edible or arty for everyone.  After lunch at home we headed out into the very hot afternoon to visit to the Van Gogh exhibition at Lume which I'd been meaning to go and see for years - it was cool inside and very relaxing and calm so a lovely experience. Afterwards we strolled home via the Southgate DFO which had a decidedly different pace.   

Today I seem to have picked up a cold of some sort so we have slowed down a bit with just a trip to Ikea in the morning (where we missed the breakfast menu by 1 minute which was very dissapointing).  This afternoon we've taken advantage of our air conditioning as it's still super hot outside - we might try our pool later on which has been absolutely heaving with people in the last few days (although I always manage to get a solo swim in the early mornings)