To get to our first visit this morning we had to walk across the river and through downtown Melbourne where we reached a government building where we would learn about Australia's National Livestock Identification System (NLIS). This system tracks cattle from the place where they were born and to every different owner they have until they are slaughtered. They also are attempting to implement the same system with the sheep industry.
Next, we toured the city of Melbourne before our trip to the brewery. We drove down the main streets of downtown before we stopped to explored the Shrine of Remembrance. Here we got to climb to the top of the shrine where it overlooked the city and the surrounding area.
The next stop we made was to St. Patricks Cathedral where we got to spend twenty minutes looking around the beautiful cathedral.
Our last stop before the brewery was a park that held Captain Cook's cottage. This was also home to a conservatory building that was filled with beautiful flowers and a small water fall. This was our last short twenty minute stop before we continued on our journey.
Finally, we were at our last stop for the day, the Carlton Brew House. This is the largest brewery in Australia that sits on twenty acres. We got to see where the beer was made and how they bottled the beer. Our tour guide Melissa also informed us that each employee gets a case of beer a week as part of their benefits. Once our tour was over we got to spend time in their tasting room to try there different beers and find the ones we liked.
Before heading to bed we were on a quest for dinner. We stopped at two different places before we found one that would serve our group of twenty five people. We ended up eating at a casino buffet which provided us with some food we actually enjoyed.
On our journey today we got to see many different places, and interesting people. Some of the best parts of the day was seeing how beautifully put together the city is.
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