Australia by Bicycle - page 27

Arrived at the finish: Melbourne city centre

I reached the outskirts of Melbourne a bit late in the evening. I chose to stay in a motel on the northern edge of town, to slowly savor the completion of my grand tour. In the morning, I rode into town.

Melbourne! I made it! I felt like a winner when I rode through downtown Melbourne and for some time, I kept on cycling around in the centre, just to prolong the triumphant feeling. I lodged in the same motel on the northern edge of the city for two nights to catch my flight back to Hong Kong on the following day. What I liked best of Melbourne was the shopping centre "Melbourne Central", built over an old 'shot tower'. The shot tower was originally used to make shot for shot-guns. The architects had conserved the historical old building, integrating a modern shopping mall. This was a masterpiece of modern architecture.

Interesting links referring to the region:

There is also a complete daily log of this tour, but only in Dutch.