Last night we headed to the casino. Our hotel is part of a massive complex housing the biggest casino in Australia. There was an absolutely enormous room with no windows or clocks full of lines of slot machines and gaming tables. Most of the players appeared to be of Chinese origin. We ate at one of the restaurants there.
This morning we returned to the casino for breakfast. At 9:00 there were still some people playing the machines. The breakfast choice covered everything you could imagine. Afterwards we walked down to the river and took a boat trip 10km down the Yarra river to Williamstown, a harbour at the river's mouth. After a drink we walked round the town including visiting the quirky local museum and learnt about the bridge that collapsed while being built in 1970. We then took the boat back. After lunch we headed to the National Gallery of Victoria. It is in a superb exhibition space. Most of the art we saw was 19th and 20th century. Some outstanding art, grotesque and banal subject matter as well as historic and momentous. Also a collection of boots, a megaphone, a shovel and an old TV. It's all art. We're back in the hotel room and will be going to Chinatown to eat tonight.
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