Day 94: A padded cell and a boy in a bubble

Callum starts a new life in his very own bubble.

Andrew finally gets his padded cell.

Today we braved the traffic and headed into Melbourne City. Or rather I should say that Duncan drove us into city and I braved the traffic. It really freaks me out and I get quite stressed...lots of deep breathing, even though I don't really have to do anything other than help navigate (and Sheila does most of that).

Anyway, we paid a visit to the Old Melbourne Gaol where we found out all about Ned Kelly and a few other rogues.

Old Melbourne Gaol (top floor)

They also have a new Watch Tower tour, where you go through the whole process of having a charge sheet, are processed and popped into a cell where the lights are switched off until 'morning'. It was a good experience and this is where the boys got their mug shots and Andrew got his padded cell. I was 'arrested' for stalking (according to my charge sheet). Watch out.


On to the Melbourne Museum where they have a few more interesting displays than the last time we were here. Callum's 'bubble' picture above is actually an ant farm that you can look at from the inside. The spiders particularly freaked some of us out, especially the live ones. Check this out!

Spiders anyone? Callum is only about 20cm away from the glass! These are BIG. Eurgh!

After a good look around the museum and a satisfying coffee, we headed down to the IMAX to see Avatar in 3D. It was absolutely fabulous, of course. What else can I say?

Fortunately by the time the movie was over it was about 6.45pm and most of the commuter traffic had dispersed by then. Even so, there was quite a stream of red tail-lights on the freeway all the way home...