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| Good old Melbourne, a
city of wide streets with clanging trams, and home of The
Melbourne Cup, Australia's greatest horse race, which is held on
the first Tuesday of each November and the whole nation stops
for it. Nothing ever seems to be far away in Melbourne, (well, maybe the airport!), or hard to get to. I have always found it to be a very accessible city with most attractions within easy reach. We had a couple of days to do a bit of sight seeing and the weather was perfect for winter. We found the trams to be such a handy way to get around and we checked out the shops and managed to see a lot of what inner Melbourne has to offer. |
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| It's a great city. We took a cruise up and down the Yarra River, visited the Shrine of Remembrance, Federation Square, Captain Cook's cottage and Queen Victoria Markets which is a fascinating place where we also ambled unseen past P.J. Proby several times during the afternoon as we made our way around the markets. He had been so nice to us at Sydney Airport that we decided against intruding on his privacy again and let him enjoy the markets in peace. |
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| P.J. made a guest appearance with Gerry Marsden when they were interviewed on Bert Newton's Good Morning Australia show which was broadcast throughout Australia on the TEN Television Network. At the end of the show Gerry and The Pacemakers performed a song. |
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This article
appeared in the Melbourne Herald Sun Newspaper on 17th August, 2004 |
| We met up with Lee and Leanne Thomas for dinner on the Tuesday night and we all had a great night with plenty of laughs and also paid a visit to the Crown Casino complex with them to check out the venue for the final concert the following night. |
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Along the way we met a celebrity who was obviously also in town to see
P.J. |
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