March 23, 2026
Melbourne is great, I'm so glad we got more time here. Bosco planned a fun night of exploring for us! We took the tram into the CBD, and got off at the Yarra River Promenade , just as the sun was setting.
There are tons of restaurants, bars, shops, arts and entertainment all along both shores of the river. Several bridge crossings give lots of pedestrian and traffic pathways. It was a beautiful Friday night, the bar spaces were varied and hopping.
We walked across the Sandridge Bridge, as it gave a better view of the modern Evan Walker Bridge and then went past
the train station at Flinders into Fed Square. We stopped for dinner at Taco Bill's a local hot spot for giant punch bowl margaritas! We went for the regular size and enjoyed tacos and enchiladas.
Next we went to this fun bar called Arcane Fairies that had a ceiling full of pretty glass mosaic lights and fairy statues and they delivered your drinks in light covered baskets, via a conveyor belt system along the ceiling, from the bar. We had another drink here and then we were off to dance at the Spiegal Haus rooftop bar. We took a break from dancing, grabbed another drink and were talking to locals, when the owner came over into the conversation and asked if we wanted to go see the show in progress. Friends of ours from the ship, were in the show and had over a $100 for their tickets, We saw the end of the first act and surprised our friends at the intermission! We stayed a little while longer and then called it a night taking the tram all the way back to the Port.
