Melbourne

Docked in Melbourne.Lovely city,considered the cultural centre of Australia.The river Yarra
runs through it,dividing it into north and south banks.The old part of the city has wrought
iron balconies,reminiscent of New Orleans.Ships carried iron ballast and sold it cheaply when loaded with provisions to return to England.
Went up Eureka Tower,88 storeys,good view of the city.Windows all around much like the Dominion Tower in Toronto which is taller.
We remained docked for two days and I went on a safari to see kangaroos and koalas in the wild.A group of kangaroos is called a mob and we couldn't get close enough to the first mob to see much even with binoculars.We did get closer to the second mob and saw a joey feeding from outside the pouch while a younger joey was inside.Apparently when the mother mates she can put conception on hold if conditions are not right,or having conceived she can put development on hold.When a joey is born he finds his way to the pouch and latches on to a teat and that is his to come back to until his mother thinks he is too big when she tightens a muscle so he can't even get his head in.While she is still nursing she can have another joey and that teat will have richer milk,so she is supplying 2 kinds of milk at the same time.This is so amazing.
We had lunch in a tent and were entertained by an aborigine playing a didgeridoo.It is rather like an alphorn.After lunch we were unable to see any koalas

Aborigine playing a didgeridoo

Melbourne, Australia