Blogs from Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 8

Now, after a two month silence, I've decided to tell all of you a bit about my life in Melbourne...The silence was mainly a silence of dissappointment, which turned into a silence due to an extreme working schedule! Right after my entry for the Australian Open, I moved into an apartment in a northern suburb of Melbourne called Brunswick with two Japanese girls (Saori and Natsuko), a Thai girl (Emily), and her Turkish boyfriend (Oz). The first week of living in Brunswick Johnny (Jamie's friend from Newcastle) and Carina came for a 4 day visit. We ended up renting a car and drove around a bit of the city, went to the Australian Open, and Carina and I revisited the Great Ocean Road. In all honesty, I enjoyed the GOR more with a rental car, with ... read more

Visiting Brian ... and Helen and Lucian Elaine and I have flown to Melbourne for the Queens Birthday Long Weekend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of my graduation from Portsea. About 20 of us will be gathering. Some arriving tonight. Some, like me, making the trip down the Mornington Peninsula tomorrow. Today, though, is really Elaine's shopping day - the sweet siren song of the outlet centres is calling, and I know that there is little point in trying to resist. Last year she planned to come down for the weekend with an old friend, and somehow they ended up in Hawaii visiting the outlet centres there. Oh, and there was a little bit of sightseeing, or so I was told. So we arrived at Brian and Helen's place in Brunswick, where we will be staying ... read more