Raindrops keep falling on my head.

The rains began in earnest at 7pm last night and continued heavily during the night and early morning hours.  Deciding we had to go out at some point, we geared up with our windbreakers ready for the worst.  As we walked to the free tourist bus at the Cricket Stadium, the clouds were low but no rain.  After jumping the many puddles enroute, we spotted the bus at the stop and made a dash for it. 

Our destination was the Queen Victoria Market.  This is a covered, open air market for fruits, veggis, meats and a vast array of clothing, souvenirs, etc. much like the Richmond night market, but extends for 2 square city blocks. The clouds remained, the temperature was cool but no rain.  We purchased some fruit, enjoyed an Italian coffee and walked the whole market.  As the weather was still reasonable, we decided to walk back to town, trying do some caches enroute.

We chose a route leading us to the south bank. After several successes finding caches, we took a break to explore the Chinese New Year celebrations along the Yarra River.  Then a break for lunch and off to find more caches.  Six successful caches were logged before we returned to the hotel. Our first knowledge of the flooding in areas of Melbourne came when we turned on the TV at 4pm Aus. time!  We had seen no evidence of it, other than the Yarra River was considerably higher today than yesterday--complete with plastic debris, branches and tree trunks flowing swiftly to the ocean.

Logged in our caches, rested our feet and then set off again, around the neighbourhood.  Two more caching successes (a total of 8 today)!!  Finished up close to the IGA where we purchased some food for dinner and a bottle of Australian wine.  Still no rain.