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Luna Park
Luna Park
St Kilda's Theme Park
Me and Siobhan have moved into an apartment! We're sharing a one bedroom studio which is two minutes from the beach. It's great to finally get full nights of sleep. The hostel life is brilliant for meeting people, but when you're sharing a room with seven others, the only way to guarantee a full night of sleep was to get blind drunk - not good for the bank balance or the the liver! This was difficult too as the hostel we stayed in wouldn't let you drink in your room for some reason. Obviously we disobeyed that rule most days, which [View Full Entry]

caseybond - Casey Bond | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 23rd 2009 | 15 Views | [diary=455209]

Theatre
Don't swim
Dead

We arrived back in Melbourne to find that the weather had certainly changed since we left…it was 7PM and the temperature was somewhere in the mid 30s. We had booked accommodation for the next 10 days in a St. Kilda flat, which was really central, just off the main street. It seems that the entire population of Melbourne descends on St. Kilda for hot Sunday afternoons so by the time we had fought through the traffic everyone was feeling hot and bothered…and the beer that came before dinner went down very nicely! Anyway, we met up with Caroline’s Uncle and Aunt [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 23rd 2009 | 12 Views | [diary=455203]

Great Ocean Road
Great Ocean Road
Great Ocean Road

Flinders Street Station
Flinders Street Station
One of the central meeting places in the city.
Down Under This is going to be a long entry, might be a bit boring, but for the people I haven't told that much I wanted to summarise what I have done since getting to Melbourne in July. I can't believe I have been away from the UK for four months now, time has flown by and it only seems like yesterday that I had a BBQ and said goodbye to everyone in Hinckley! My first term at La Trobe University has been amazing and Melbourne is the best city ever! La Trobe University & Melbourne The campus is a 40 [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 18th 2009 | 41 Views | [diary=454055]

Bourke Street 'Commuters'
Sunset at St Kilda
Army Floor Crawl!

By Sanje
November 12th 2009
Koalas & Greyhounds Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne
Koalas: Ever since I was a little girl, koalas have been my favorite animal. Not for any particular reason, I just always loved them. And going to the Sydney Zoo totally reinforced that fact! I went completely soft for them. Now, I don't consider myself particularly girly, but get me to a zoo and I go gaga over the baby animals, especially the baby Asian elephant that was just born in July! *sigh* I had always assumed Koalas slept around 18-20 hours a day because eucalyptus leaves had something in them similar to tryptophan in turkey, but turns out eucalyptus leaves [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 12th 2009 | 53 Views | [diary=452155]


By vixandkcho
November 12th 2009
vix's countdown Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne
ok, so it's only 10 days until i leave to meet kcho in la. that's pretty cool. i hope that she gets off her ass and rents a car so that she can pick me up from the airport. when she was leaving australia like months ago she made a big song and dance about not getting me the car. she better get me in the car... vix. [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 12th 2009 | 16 Views | [diary=452554]


By Maddai
November 12th 2009
Aussie Cars Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne
eNJOY tHE gALLERY! [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 12th 2009 | 19 Views | [diary=452590]

Hello Kitty Top
Hello Kitty Back
Hello Kitty 2

We left the Blue Mountains for a long drive Southwards through some surprisingly green countryside. At Kiama we stopped to see the blow hole - but we caught it on a calm day when it wasn’t doing much blowing, but it was a jolly good hole! We jumped out of the car to grab lunch in the small town of Milton where we were surprised that the weather outside was very hot and windy - it felt like a fan assisted oven! I used this as an excuse to pop into the cooler TAB (betting shops normally attached to pubs) and [View Full Entry]

Carrie Bibb and John Whitten - Carrie Bibb | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: November 23rd 2009 | 12 Views | [diary=455201]

Merimbula
Lakes Entrance
Lakes Entrance

Kookaburra
Kookaburra
Australian Bird
We spent a total of 4 days in Melbourne and packed as much as we could in!! As you saw from the previous posts, we attended the Melbourne Cup, visited the Twelve Apostles and ventured through St. Kilda. The last couple days in Melbourne were spent sight seeing and enjoying good times with our friends David & Sean. One of our Melbourne day trips included visiting an Australian War Memorial, The Queen Victoria Gardens and walking downtown. As we walked through Queen Victoria Gardens many beautiful flowers, trees, and plants. We even spotted the Australian Kookaburra!! Other sights we pa [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 8th 2009 | 52 Views | [diary=451575]

Bridge in Melbourne
Arts Center
View of Melbourne City

By Stelson
November 5th 2009
St. Kilda Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda
Today after our road trip, we spent the afternoon in St. Kilda. Here are some random shots I took while we were on our way. [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 5th 2009 | 55 Views | [diary=450907]

David & Sean's Apartment Complex
St. Kilda
Acland Street

The day started early as we Stephen and I headed to Flemington Racecourse to witness the 149th Emirates Melbourne Cup!! Sean and David surprised us with 2 yellow boutonnieres for us to wear with our suits! This Melbourne Cup is a holiday in Victoria and the race is known as "the horse race that stops a nation." People all over Australia are celebrating and drinking the day away at the Cup or local race tracks in the nation! Each year the Melbourne Cup has several races but the big event started at 3:00pm. 24 horses competed today in the 3200 [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 3rd 2009 | 68 Views | [diary=450442]

Emirates Melbourne Cup
The Banks
Us at The Cup


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