Finally

The last weekend was spent amidst the Melbourne crowd. On Saturday, we went to Victoria Market, where Jai took over full responsibility of bargaining. Kartik and I kept our mouths shut as Jai struck excellent deals for us. The stuff were already quite cheap. One of the sellers was a student. He played the Didgeridoo for us.

At a wine shop in Glen Waverley (where we went during a weekend)

In the evening, we went to the casino. Here Jai profited 15 bucks while Kartik broke even in Roulette. The slot machines were very busy. We stood there seeing people play. An old lady was in full enthu, putting coins after coins and pressing switches, and ultimately she got rewarded by a flurry of coins. We, a group of IITians failed to understand it. Even after a person explained it to us. Piyush tried his luck by putting in 2 dollars, and before we could even realize what was happening, he pressed an array of switches, and the money was gone in a flash.

On Sunday, we went to Southgate. There on the Yarra, we saw a school of dolphins passing just as in those Animal Planet shows. Coming out of the water swiftly and again diving into it. We were informed by a cyclist who had been following the school down the river. Sadly I couldn't catch them in my camera properly.

By the Yarra, front of Southgate, something or the other keeps on happening. There are people performing juggling tricks, exhibiting their art, or being a piece of art themselves. At night there are excellent fire shows in front of Crown.

We took a River Cruise. It was good. We went under the bridges, they were only inches above the roof of the ferry. We passed Docklands. Ultimately turned around at the dock, where there were many cargo ships and large cranes, which looked like robot giraffes.

After that, we hung around Southgate for a while before going to Federation Square. There a peace march was underway, by international communities in Melbourne. The issue wasn't exactly clear to me, but I liked the ambience with so many people flooding Flinders and the Square, swaying flags and playing music.

We paid another visit to Max Brenner before returning.