DAY 1: MELBOURNE
DAY 1: MELBOURNE
Melbourne skyline across the Yarra River at night
The Shrine of Remembrance at The Domain Melbourne
Day 1 starts in what is described as “the World’s Most Liveable City” – Melbourne.
You will be able to settle into the hotel, the passengers may like to take the opportunity to do some shopping in what most Australians consider to be, the shopping mecca of the country.
The hotel has been selected to offer you easy access to the shopping, cultural, artistic and dining delights that have made Melbourne such an icon.
For the drivers, we will get our first look and drive of each of the cars in the fleet. We will start by outlining each car’s idiosyncrasies. How to take the roof off, where the hand brake is, how to open the boot, etc. etc. Then proceed to drive each car to get comfortable and familiar with it before the drive proper starts the next day.
The normal format will be that at the end of each day, the driver has to fill their car with petrol and clean the car ready for the next driver in the morning. The nightly cleaning often ends up a very social event with ale, laughter and interesting stories which often set the scene for the dinners to come.
Our first dinner together will be at a casual restaurant which should enable us all to get to know each other and to begin to develop a rapport which by the end of the week, will have turned strangers into the best of friends.
The Arts Precinct at Southbank on the Yarra