Slept in a bit this morning. We’d had a fantastic meal last night and a bit of a walk in the rain (yay rain) so slept in. We really haven’t done much today. We confirmed our reservation for tonight – we are doing the new year’s dinner cruise on the Yarra River tonight. We also walked around the shopping district of Melbourne. And we went into the Koorie Heritage Centre and looked at the art show. Now we’re resting for tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Slept in a bit this morning. We’d had a fantastic meal last night and a bit of a walk in the rain (yay rain) so slept in. We really haven’t done much today. We confirmed our reservation for tonight – we are doing the new year’s dinner cruise on the Yarra River tonight. 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