Summary of Australian trip

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I'm hoping to expand some of these soon, but I want to start by making a list so I don't forget what I want to talk about!

Places

• Singapore
• Melbourne

Books

• ER Eddison: The Worm Ouroboros
• Mrs Gaskell: Wives and Daughters
• Dava Sobell: Longitude

Films:

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the new one with Johnny Depp)
• A good woman (version of Lady Windermere's Fan)
• Part of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

People

• SC (former colleague from Dundee
• SM (SC's boyfriend)
• (Former) Überboss D
• My uncle D and his family: D's partner C, and my cousins Little Cousin J, Little Cousin S and Littlest Cousin B
• An assortment of my uncle D's friends
• usuakari and tooticky
• Granny's friend P and her husband
• MK and his family: Mrs K and the Most Adorable boy in the world
• Some friends of MK's, Jessie and Silke

Food

• Singaporean Hawker Centre food
• Authentic Breton Crêpes at Breizoz
• Exciting Greek food at Stalactite
• Vietnamese fast food
• Lots of what I would classify as trendy cafe food
• Fairly standard Indian and Chinese meals
• Eccentric veggie food at Soulmama
• Icecream. Lots and lots and lots of very yummy icecream and some yummy gelato

Culture

• Botanic Gardens
• Aboriginal art at the Ian Potter Centre
• Immigration Museum
• Aboriginal Heritage walk
• Healesville wildlife sanctuary
• Bells sculpture
• Melbourne Museum
• National Gallery of Victoria
• River cruise
• Jewish Museum
• Walking tour of historic shopping arcades