I had a wonderful Mummy/daughter long weekend with my girl in Melbourne. Although most of the time she spent with her grandparents (my in laws), it gave us a great opportunity to spend some one on one time with each other. Something we don’t often do with ‘you know who’ (my son) around.

My daughter in Carlton Gardens, Melbourne

The whole purpose of the trip was for my daughter to see the Tutankhamun Exhibition at the Melbourne Museum. (Her Dad was originally to go with her but he couldn’t travel.) We set off on the train and walked up through Carlton Gardens, past the Royal Exhibition Building to the Melbourne Museum. The Exhibition Building was hosting a Tastes of Melbourne food show but for the entry cost of $15 for ‘fussiest eater in the world’ and at least $30 for me, I couldn’t justify the cost. Besides, my mother-in-law had dinner planned for us that night.

My daughter outside the Royal Exhibition Building

We had a quick look around the general part of the Museum before we had a bite to eat in the cafe and then off to the Tutankhamun display. I wasn’t really all that keen to see it. Not like my husband was. But once I got there, the hairs on my arms stood on end when I saw the artefacts on display. It was truly amazing to be standing before some of these things which were over 3,000 years old.


Granite statue of King Tutankhamun


Photos weren’t allowed within the Tutankhamun display so I’ve ‘borrowed’ a few from the internet. The items are on loan from the Cairo Museum. There were many and in such beautiful, pristine condition.

King Tut’s neck collar

Phar Lap – one of Australia’s greatest racehorses

My daughter was also keen to see Phar Lap, a great Australian racehorse, immortalised in the Museum. My daughter is a ‘sponge’ for information and we’ve spoken of many Australian icons so she was keen to see some first hand. She was also beside herself seeing a lot of the dinosaur bones and gave me quite the lesson on which bones belonged to which dinosaur.

The hot chip connoisseur

It was a great day out and something that will hopefully stay with my daughter her entire life. Stay tuned for the rest of the photos from the weekend away. It was a relatively quiet weekend but Melbourne really turned on the weather for us and it was time well spent with my lovely parents-in-law.

The souvenier my daughter bought for her brother