The temperature in Melbourne seems to be rising. Why is it that everywhere we go it gets hotter once we arrive? Oh well, we put on our long pants and hardhats and headed to a job site Monday morning regardless of the temperature (which happened to be in the upper 90s...). The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology here has a construction and project management program so they were able to hook us up with a few site visits here in the city. Our first one was Monday early afternoon at the Lacrosse Docklands. We were able to tour the site with the construction manager who proved to be full of knowledge not only about construction methods, but architectural and structural design as well. He gave great insight into the way that this particular apartment complex was being built and the reasoning behind it. We were able to ask questions and take pictures. Surprisingly, construction in Australia is almost the exact same as in the states. The codes, etc are obviously a little different (not as strict it seems in Aussieland) but for the most part things are done very similarly.
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| visiting the construction site of the Docklands Apartment Complex |
That evening we had the privilege of going to the Australian Open!!! This was one of my favorite things we have done in Australia thus far. We were able to watch Roger Federer play his first match and Caroline Wozniacki play her first match. Both won each set and ultimately won their match. It was incredible. I have always played a bit of (bad) tennis but now I have quite the itch to take up the sport. At the very least, I think I will definitely be following the Australian Open this year and years to come.
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| Federer's amazing serve |
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| Wozniacki |
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| retractable roof stadium--very cool |
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