Market Day

 Next day we set off to the Victoria Markets with the kids while Jackie and Simon dealt with a shower head which had broken. 

Not sure what the nubbly things in front were.

Melbourne has quite an ethnically diverse population, so quite a colourful range of people doing there daily shopping. One lady tagged along with us for a bit. Maybe this was because the kids had persuaded us to buy 6 for $6 - donuts! Maybe she thought there would be a spare??? The big surprise for me was 1doz eggs - $4!!!!! Claudia wanted to buy many things, but we finally settled on a large butterfly clip which meant a bit of hairdressing when we returned home later that day.

Girls will be girls!

Simon and Jackie caught up with us at the market and then we hopped on the free tram and headed to the mall next to the Shot Tower. This is where they would drop a small amount of molten lead from a great height into water, and the droplet because near spherical and could be used in a musket.

It is housed in a spectacular glass dome.

There was also a clock which had a whole lot of doves appear and coo on the hour. I had given Claudia my old camera and she took a few pictures which I hope she has written pithy captions to.

Showing her Mum her shots.

Finally we ended up in the food hall, but Theo had still not bought anything. Time for Jackie and me to take over! Linen shirt, shorts and a tshirt were purchased.

Back home to have a rest before heading out to the popular Restaurant area, Lygon Street. In the past it has been mainly Greek and Italian, but lots of other nationalities starting up now. But we chose Italian.

Decisions, decisions..

Then it was off to have a Gelato to finish off with.

Theo's  new shorts and shirt. The singlet shirt is underneath, the puffer jacket and the size 13 Air Jordans  were previous buys.