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This afternoon i went to Hyde Park Barracks. This is where all the British Convicts where sent first before going to various jails or being sent to work for people in the area. It then turned into a womans mmigration holding centre before being turned into a musuem a few years ago. It was really interesting to see what happened in the barracks. I looked on the data base for any 'Woodgates' but there wasnt any, but there were a few 'Bartons', sistant relatives im sure!! There were quite a few sent from Devon over to Australia. The convicts would sleep in hammocks with around 20 people in each room. There were two room recreated to show how cramped it was.
In the evening i had to get the bus to Melbourne. It took just under 12hours to get there. On sunday it was a nice sunny day, walked down to Melbourne park where the Australian OPen is being held tomorrow (which i have tickets for mon and tues) there were some people practising there but couldnt see who they were there. There were quite a few members of the public walking around watching the people practise. Outside Rod Laver Arena it showed the order of play for Whilst i was there i decided to buy a ticket for the night session too, so i could see two more matches.
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