Melbourne Victoria

Melbourne Victoria Australia

Melbourne, voted as the most livable city in the world – who can argue!  A really clean city where old effortlessly fuses with new.  Lots of parkland and a wonderful vibe.  Easy to get around, our train ticket enabled us to get into the city and also get around on the trams and bus tour.  So many places to eat, it’s like one massive restaurant.  We started our day at the Victoria Market and ended it by catching up with Martyn and Jill in an amazing Thai restaurant called Chin Chin, if you’re ever in Melbourne you must try!  It was great to see that Martyn & Jill have settled into life in Melbourne so quickly, a healthy and happy lifestyle!  It was also great to catch up with James, Libby & Will who we had a lovely breakfast with in Brunswick street followed by a walk along the Yarra River with great views of the city and a colony of Fruit Bats.  The other view of the city is at sunset from the Port of Melbourne.

Kelly Slater claims 50th World Tour Win in California

The 11 times World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater has just claimed his 50th win on the ASP World Tour.  Kelly won his first world title in 1992.  Since then the title has been won by 6 others, Derek Ho, Mark Occhilupo, Sunny Garcia, C.J. Hobgood, the late Andy Irons (3 times winner) and Mick Fanning (2 times winner).  With the amazing performance of the recent Olympians and Paralympians this summer I wonder whether there is a better athlete in the world today, still winning at the age of 40 after 20 years at or near the top?