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That's all from us royal watchers in Melbourne. It's been 118 posts of pure joy.
We'll be watching from a safe distance as Harry and Meghan keep up their breathtaking pace in Sydney tomorrow.
Read a wrap of their whirlwind day in Melbourne here. Or have a look at the more concise top five moments.
And just because we can't resist, here's Harry from yesterday, swatting flies:
And once more, here's a look at some of our best pictures for the day. It wouldn't be the highlights without the hug and the pasta necklace set to spark carb couture:
Prince Harry hugs India Brown outside Government House.Credit: Reuters
Meghan wore the pasta necklace made by Melbourne schoolboy Gavin Hazelwood.Credit: Alex Coppel
It was a whirlwind for us as well. Here's a look back to jog your memory:
Harry and Meghan are on their way back to Sydney after a whirlwind one-day tour of Melbourne.
It was a hugely successful third day of their 16-day trip to Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand, despite initial days caused by an incident on the Tulla.
The duke and duchess are out and about in Sydney again tomorrow, where another beach visit is on the cards, along with an Invictus Games event.
The royals take off for Sydney.Credit: Channel Seven
Kim Tonelli and David McBain whipped up this impressive banner two hours before the royals arrived.
Congrats Harry and Meghan.Credit: Rachael Dexter
"This was totally impulsive," Ms Tonelli shouted down from her terrace balcony on Beaconsfield Parade. "I'm not really a big royals fan, I just love Harry's attitude".
These students from St Kilda Primary school were falling over themselves to talk about their encounter with Meghan and Harry.
Students from St Kilda Primary School after their meeting with Meghan and Harry.Credit: Rachael Dexter
Marlena Eales-Grziwotz, 12, said the students gave the couple gifts including three school T-shirts.
"We gave them a little one for their baby and asked them to send us a photo of them all wearing the shirts when the baby is born," she said.
Ben Hall, a beaming 12-year-old with freckles and a shock of red hair not unlike Duke Harry's, said it was totally worth it to wait on the beach for two hours. "They were very grateful, they weren't rushed and they took their time with us".
Another classmate Sacha Saunders, 11, was thrilled to see the former Prince in the flesh. "Harry's voice is very calming and soft," he said.
Special mention to The Age's royal reporter Rachael Dexter, who covered the duke and duchess at Albert Park Primary School.
Rachael was also tasked with covering them at South Melbourne beach, which was fine except all the streets around the school were closed.
Realising an Uber was out of the question, our intrepid reporter jogged more than a kilometre to meet the royal tram blocks away. Now that's commitment to the cause!
She hasn't put a foot wrong during her short reign as Duchess of Sussex but Melbourne designers have been left smarting by Meghan's choice to snub the locals today.
Stunning ... and very Sydney ... in a Dion Lee dress.Credit: PA Pool
Hopes had been high among the industry in Melbourne, often dubbed the "fashion capital" of Australia, that Meghan would reward the city by dressing in a local brand.
Fashion editor Melissa Singer says Meghan has made some really smart choices so far this tour, including the Queensland denim brand that employs survivors of sex trafficking in Cambodia.
But she says an opportunity was missed to "not only walk the Melbourne walk, but to wear it, too".
Grace was one of a group of lifeguards who met the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at the beach on Thursday afternoon, on the final stop of the pair's Melbourne visit.
Meghan ditched the heels to wander out onto the sand, but declined to go for a dip in the water. "She said 'Not today'," Emma Horne, an Ocean Grove lifeguard, said.
Harry and Meghan meet the lifesavers on South Melbourne beach.Credit: AAP
Royal watchers wait in the water.Credit: Alex Coppel
Harry and Meghan were going to help some Albert Park Primary School students clean South Melbourne beach today, but in the end it didn't happen.
The surf lifesavers who met Harry and Meghan: Emma Horne from Ocean Grove LSC, Grace Lightfoot from Jan Juc LSC, Sebastian Top from Anglesea LSC and Andy Nott from Point Leo LSC.Credit: Craig Butt
That may be because the visit was running behind schedule and there simply wasn't time, but these surf lifesavers have their own theory - the beach was simply too clean to begin with.
"It's absolutely spotless," Grace Lightfoot of the Jan Jac lifesaving club said.