Melbourne Boat Show

The Melbourne Boat Show was held in Docklands from lunchtime on Thursday until 16:00 yesterday.

I had seen fencing going up along the Esplanade and the Newquay promenade. I had seen umbrellas and small gazebos going up. I had vaguely wondered what they were doing. Then I saw boats arriving and decided to investigate and discovered that the Boat Show was due to start the following day. There were boats on trailers parked along the esplanade. There were boats moored along the quaysides. There were boats everywhere!

View from my lounge room window
The trees are in the way and
I can't see properly

I went down to look more closely, to see which ships they were

It's the Alma Doepel and the Wattle. They are usually moored at the North Wharf, where they are being restored and renovated. They are not usually moored outside my window:

The Enterprize came along shortly after

Lindsey came over at lunchtime on Thursday and we went for a wander through the boats and stalls and activities. It was only just getting going as we went and wasn't especially busy. Busy enough but not unpleasantly so. We went across to The District so Lindsey could do a bit of shopping and we had lunch in the Japanese restaurant by The Wheel. We came back through the boats and stopped to admire the Wattle - where we were greeted by very enthusiastic volunteers who more or less INSISTED that we go on board and have a look around. We weren't going to. We were just planning to take photos from the quayside. Kidnapped by pirates, we were 🏴‍☠️ 😂

Aboard the Wattle:

Wandering through the Boat Show:

Wendy came over on Sunday and we  walked through the boats and had fish and chips at the chip stall on the Newquay Promenade

It was very busy on Saturday and Sunday. I was quite glad that I had had a proper look around on the first day when it was much quieter and you could wander round without people walking into you. And they were very lucky with the weather. It was lovely over the weekend. Not too hot, not too windy, not too anything. Today is wet, gloomy and dark. Not a good day for wandering around a Harbourside and looking at boats.

Farewell to my weekend visitors: