So the hotel i stayed at was about 10k north of Melbourne in an area called Preston. The first day i was pretty wiped so i decided to just check out the area i was in. What impressed me a great deal is how multicultural this area was. Ethnic shops and resturants were everywhere. It reminded me very much of Gastown little commerical shops all over. From there i went to Riverdale shopping mall which was pretty much like any other shopping mall but was nice to just hang out in. The other thing that surprised me about Melbourne is what they call the bottle shops or liquor stores. They were drive through with aisles on either side where you tell the person what you want as you drive through. Pretty scary. 
But all in all just a good starter day in Australia.
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