Hello Again,

Today I decided to take all of us to a Melbourne specialty, Luna Park!  This place has been making kids dreams come true since 1912. They are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year. It was so cool! I mean you walk into the park through a giant moon man mouth known as, Mr. Moon. Kinda reminded me of a giant, scary looking clown.  Hope none of us are afraid of clowns!

Well the park was located in St. Kilda and was about 10km from The Nunnery.  So, rather than walking, since we would be walking around the park all day, we splurged on a cab which cost us $26.50 USD.  The park has limited hours this time of year and is only open Friday thru Sunday.  We wanted to experience everything so we arrived right at opening time, 11am.  Adult tickets for unlimited rides were $45.95 AUD which comes out to $48.25 USD for a grand total of $289.50 USD. 

Of course, the first thing we did was the main attraction, the Scenic Railway Roller Coaster.  This roller coaster is truly a one of a kind and I am so happy that we were able to do this while we were here.  It is the oldest continually operated wooden roller coaster in the entire world!!! AND it is really one-of-a-kind because there is a standing brakeman that controls the carriage throughout the ride.  We had to think about that one at first because it seemed a bit sketchy, I mean the whole idea of a roller coaster that operates like a car almost. We put all of our trust in the brakeman and he did a magnificent job.  The coaster ran the perimeter of the park and offered amazing views of the St. Kilda beaches.

Other rides that we rode throughout the day included the Coney Island Top Drop, the Sky Rider, the Spider, the Twin Dragon, G-Force, and the Enterprise.  With our unlimited ride tickets we had to have ridden everything at least 10 times.  It was so much fun!!! 

At the end of the day, we crossed the street to walk on the St. Kilda beaches that we had been staring at all day from the Scenic Railway Roller Coaster.  The sand felt so good between our sore toes seeing as we had walked all day long.  Nothing beats sitting in the sand and letting carnival food digest at the end of a super fun day.

We took a cab ride back to The Nunnery and all of us were asleep within the hour.  It was such a great day!

We spent $289.50 USD on our tickets, $53 USD on our cab rides to and from the park, and $172 USD on carnival food, we each ate 2 meal equivalents throughout the day.  That makes for a grand total of $514.50 USD.

This has been a great way to wrap up our time in Australia!

Best wishes,

Zach M.