So, it rained again.

We wanted to take a river cruise, but they have to have a certain number of people to go and at the time, we were the only ones. So, an hour later we came back and took a ride with 2 different school groups. Teenagers and like 6 year olds. The cruise wasn’t too terribly exciting, but we did get the see more of the architecture of the city and learn about their bridges and buildings and history. Brit didn’t love it though. He wanted to climb all over the dirty stairs and things.

And, because we’re super awesome we didn’t take any pictures of it.

After lunch, we made our way to the that awesome looking Flinders Street Station to take the train to Spotswood, where the Scienceworks and Planetarium is. We enjoyed being out of the city a little bit and seeing what the suburbs are like.

We immediately went into the planetarium for a film about climate and how it’s been throughout the world’s history, and today. Very interesting. Then we got to see the Southern sky with the stars over Melbourne. We sat the Southern Cross and some of the constellations.

Then it was on to the science part. We had fun with the “body” section with various strength, endurance, reaction time and other physical tests.

Brit had fun in the Nitty Gritty Kiddy City

Playing with food

Signing Orange

Aye Aye Captain!

Steering the ship

Sadly, we weren’t there very long before it closed! It was one of the better science/interactive museums we’ve been to. There was a lot to do.

That night Brit and Grandma had a nice time together while Mark and I hit the town. Yeah…we went to dinner and a movie! But, it was in a really cool mall/casino/hotel complex, so that makes it better, right?

We ended up eating at a buffet place, but it was the nicest buffet I’ve ever seen and the food was fancy and fantastic! Then we saw GI Joe. It was nice having our seats chosen beforehand so we didn’t have to get there early. It was really interesting to see what movies are playing there now, and what is coming out. Like, “UP” is still not out there, but then some movies (I can’t remember which) come out the same time as the US.

Anyway, it was nice to get out without the babe hand spend time together. Thanks Karen!