As I predicted yesterday, I spent all of Monday closeted in a windowless meeting room at the St. Kilda Road Travelodge in Melbourne. By the time I escaped, it was quite dark and too late to do any sightseeing, but as I walked back to my hotel, trying to avoid sliding on the fallen leaves on the sidewalk, I enjoyed the nice autumn weather (April is the first full month of autumn (not "fall") here).
In the evening, the group had dinner at Walter's Wine Bar in South Gate, on the banks of the Yarra River. The food was good; the wine was excellent (Monty Python's opinion of Australian Table Wines notwithstanding). And I got to see the Southern Cross en route, since it was the first clear night on my entire trip to Australia; I didn't have my camera with me, though.
Tomorrow: DOM, Day 2
| Getting There is Much Less than Half the Fun | Saturday/Monday, April 11/13 | Airplanes and Airports |
| Brisbane, as seen through a haze of jetlag | Monday, April 13 | Brisbane |
| The Conference Begins | Tuesday, April 14 | Brisbane |
| An Opening Ceremony | Wednesday, April 15 | Brisbane |
| A Brief Escape | Thursday, April 16 | Brisbane |
| The Conference Ends | Friday, April 17 | Brisbane |
| Koalas and Kangaroos and Wallabies, Oh My! | Saturday, April 18 | Brisbane |
| To Melbourne | Sunday, April 19 | Brisbane/Melbourne |
| A Day of Meetings | Monday, April 20 | Melbourne |
| DOM, Day 2 | Tuesday, April 21 | Melbourne/Sydney |
| A Rainy Day in Old Sydney | Wednesday, April 22 | Sydney |
| Another Rainy Day in Old Sydney | Thursday, April 23 | Sydney |
| It can't be Sydney -- it's not raining! | Friday, April 24 | Sydney |
| The Longest Day | Saturday, April 25 | Sydney/Los Gatos |