January 1 - 4, 2013 - Melbourne

We got rooms at the Swanston hotel in Melbourne, which is in the middle of the tourist area and Little China ... So there was lots of walking, exploring, eating and shopping to be done.

My gosh though, I think all 4.5 million Melbourne residents were on our streets at the same time as us .... Elbows out!

We also loved going to the Aquarium and seeing the Penguins and Seahorse Pier ...the huge stingray was pretty cool too.

Then on the hottest day which hit 38 degrees .... We took the family car to the zoo! Incredible but too hot to spend more than a couple of hours.