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Melbourne Day 1 and 2

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Day 1 SUNDAY: St Kilda On the afternoon of Sunday 19th March, we arrived in Melbourne by Skybus (the bus from the airport). We left our things at the hotel and took the tram to St Kilda at around 3.00 to see the Esplanade Markets.    We got a couple of vegan momos, a kind of dumpling from a stall called something like  Mama Momos . Jon got a beef skewer from  Hanoi Street Food . We also saw a stall that sold hotdogs and ugly face mugs but didn't get anything from it. We headed to Luna Park. it was late in the afternoon and getting cold so we just got the $15 tickets for entry and one ride.  It was cool seeing all the Vintage art, everything was very different from Sydney Luna Park. All the rides and art were different. We waited about 45 minutes in line to get on the old ghost train. It has been around since 1934 and is apparently one of the oldest remaining dark rides in the world.  The train carriages are tiny and barely fit two people! This carousel was ...