As we continued our unsuccessful battles with our rotten, no-good host over the non-working A/C, a day out seemed a good idea. Melbourne, like London, is a great city for walking about and exploring. After wandering down a few small streets and byways, I found myself across from Saint Paul’s Anglican Cathedral.

By now, you know me and a good cathedral, so in I went. Needless to say, it is a lovely place, and I enjoyed my visit. I do regret not taking a picture of the full immersion baptismal pool at the back of the church. This looked like “the real deal, at first glance, I thought it might have been the top of a stairway to a crypt or something. Getting closer, I realized, it was, indeed a baptismal (or christening) pool. Below are a few pictures I did take.

Above, two traditional and one modern stained-glass windows, plus a look at the lovely floor tiles in the cathedral.

What better way to balance the day than a quick tram ride to the Australian Sports Museum, located at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds. The approach to the grounds and museum is through lovely, landscaped grounds, including this tree canopied walkway.

The museum is surrounded by statues of Australian sports heroes.

Above are two exhibits and photos typical in the museum. It also contains plenty of interactive games for “kids” of all ages. Like most of the museums I have been to in Australia, this one definitely caters to young folks and would be the kind of place that children would want to return to.

These three photos represent, for me, the whimsical side of the museum and made the visit fun, as well as educational. The little cricket figure on the right will be remembered because just after I took his picture, a little girl with blonde curls was so excited to see him she ran up and hugged him–Another magic Aussie moment for me,

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