We arrived in Melbourne (pronounced Mel-Bun) today to sunny skies and 75 deg F weather. A great day, so I thought for our tour around town. We purchased our MYKI transport card for $14.00AU and headed to the bus to get into the CBD (Central Business District). As usual, as soon as I get to town, I start taking pictures - which unfortunately does not allow me to look at my feet all that often.

I jumped up on a ledge to take some shots and I didn't see some metal units that prevented skateboarders from sliding - so I went ass over tea kettle. I fell flat on my face, my teeth went through my upper lip and abrasions on my right arm and legs. My iPad Pro went flying along the sidewalk and ended up cracking the corner of the screen. All-in-all it could have been a lot worse, particularly if I had cracked or broke my teeth, but that's the good news. In any event, after the blood stopped in my mouth we headed out to the Hop-On/Hop-Off for our tour of the city. Renetta's also been down and out for the last three days. She's caught an upper respiratory infection that's had her limited to her cabin but she is on the mend we hope. No masks have been issued yet.

Melbourne is a big city of over 4.5 million people and it's a gorgeous city on the Yarra River. The streets are tree-lined everywhere and there's a rich heritage in some of the old buildings that the city executive rightly decided to preserve. Melbourne consists of 31 municipalities and their inhabitants are called Melburians. Founded in 1835 in what was then the colony of New South Wales.

Melbourne rates highly in education, entertainment, health care, research and development as well as tourism and sport making it the world's most liveable city for the sixth year in a row. Tomorrow's a sea day and then we will have completed our circumnavigation of Australia when we arrive at Circular Bay in Sydney. We're excited to have Ian & Wendy get on board Friday to start our tour of Tasmania and New Zealand.

Stay tuned, I hope the pictures will be amazing.