Many years ago, in the early 1980's we moved to Melbourne for a few years. I knew next to nothing about Aussie rules football. I knew absolutely nothing about any of the teams. I went to a pharmacy for something soon after we arrived and was asked, after I made the purchase, "what glass did I want?" " Er, what.?" ?Turned out they had a promotion on and I could choose a glass with a club's logo on it. I told him I wanted the glass on the end, the one with more than 2 colours, quite colourful. The guy serving me already had a dim view of my intelligence. My choice confirmed this to him.. I took the glass home and discovered it was the Fitzroy lions. They were on the bottom of the ladder and stayed there for a few years. I have not followed them since, ( but did know they had moved to Brisbane) till yesterday, when I discovered they were one of the teams playing.
Yesterday I walked into the city. I walked mainly along Toorak road - great big well kept old houses in a variety of styles ( do real people live in them?), big old apartment blocks, lots of big old trees. My progress was often slowed by groups of many joggers , over 30 in 1 group. The Melbourne marathon is on in a few weeks.
I caught the old tram that goes around the rectangle that contains the main CBD. It has a commentary but there was too much traffic noise and passenger noise for me to hear it properly . I gave up half way round and wandered around the new Dockland area then walked back stopping at a nice place on the waterfront for lunch.
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