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BMXonline bmxonline.com.au BMXonline/shop bmxonline.com.au/shop [View Full Entry]

di and rob in transit - Di & Rob | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 8th 2009 | 8 Views | [diary=443227]


By Jeff R
October 6th 2009
Road Trip! Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Crown Casino
This past weekend was a long weekend because Labour Day was observed on Monday in New South Wales. Four of my friends and I (Patrick, Oonagh, Lizzie, and Maxim) decided to take a road trip to Byron Bay, about 10 hours to the north of Sydney. However, on Saturday when we were getting ready to leave we saw that the weather was going to be bad in Byron, so instead we decided to head 10 hours in the opposite direction to Melbourne. I started driving first on the road trip and after a few minutes of being extremely nervous, I got [View Full Entry]

Jeff R - Jeff Rohalla | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 8th 2009 | 43 Views | [diary=443123]


Australia - Part II - Melbourne, Phillip Island, and St. Kilda Oct 6-13, 2009 Oct 7 - First day in Melbourne, and Gregg doesn't have to go to his meeting until 1pm so it was his choice of what to do in the morning. He chose the Old Melbourne Gaol. I thought it would be boring, but it was everything but that. We hooked up with a Middle School tour and learned all about Ned Kelly and other Melbourne villians. Graham locked Avery in a cell for 10 minutes before I found him, so he really got a "locked" up feeling. [View Full Entry]

Shivers Timbers - Lisa Shivers | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 22nd 2009 | 39 Views | [diary=446222]

Avery busted
Graham busted...
Oh no, not Gregg too!

By MG1666
October 5th 2009
Japan & China Trip Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne
Hi all We are heading off on another holiday and you can see what we are up to with this blog. All you need to click on www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/MG1666. Our old USA trip is still there - we will add the Asia trip after it. Thanks Maureen & Geoff [View Full Entry]

MG1666 - Maureen & Geoff Mackie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 3rd 2009 | 35 Views | [diary=441720]


By antoine61
October 5th 2009
Tonys birthday Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne
Celebration at the Orange, Chapel st, Prahran. A great night. Thank you everyone for my special moment [View Full Entry]

antoine61 - Antony Karageorgiou | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 5th 2009 | 32 Views | [diary=442205]

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By broondog
October 4th 2009
Day 15 - Scoresby Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne
A quiet Sunday was had by all to recover and recharge prior to the final leg on Monday heading out to Sydney. Claire got some antibiotics to clear the lingering ear, nose & throat irritation prior to flying home on Tuesday coming. We had a barbie after Craig and Shelley had a few friends around to catch up. That was about it thankfully as we relaxed on the day of rest. For the remainder of the day, bloggers day off. [View Full Entry]

broondog - Graeme Brownlie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 4th 2009 | 8 Views | [diary=442146]


Our first night sleeping with a 2 week old baby … woken briefly twice albeit nothing compared to the parents that actually have to get up and look after her! We got up relatively early and decide to head into city using the train. It appears that the 26km journey takes nearly an hour so we’re not taking high speed transit - however, for a relatively low fare, saves us all the hassle of traffic parking etc. We arrived at Flinders Street about lunchtime and headed to the tourist information office and then into the main shopping areas. We had intended [View Full Entry]

broondog - Graeme Brownlie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 4th 2009 | 20 Views | [diary=441910]

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Flinders Street Station
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So having written nothing for so long, here goes 2 entries within the same week. This is a short and sweet entry about our weekend trip down to Melbourne to see the AFL Grand Final in the world famous MCG....a 110,000 seater stadium! So on Friday 25th Sept we got up at just before 4am!! I don't think I have ever seen this time on the clock when getting up...its usually around the time we come in and fall into bed!! So our flight took off around 6am and we were enroute to Melbourne where the pilot was quick to tell [View Full Entry]

legendary - Mark Adam | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 29th 2009 | 60 Views | [diary=440621]

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nachdem wir nun also gut 3wochen mit inge u den jungs unterwegs waren sind wir also nun in greenvale bei katharina u david gelandet...oh u natuerl. dylan...davids sohn...der allerdings nur manchmal zu besuch hier is. letztes wochenende haben uns die beiden mal ein bisschen ausgefuehrt.wir haben melbourne bei nacht gesehen u waren im groesten casino der suedlichen hemisphaere...richtig geil!das war auch gleichzeitig n shoppingzenter.katharina hat ne runde gespielt aber elider nix gewonnen! dann waren wir noch im zoo...i sag euch das war toll!sooo viele coole tiere!was entwas entaeuschend is,is [View Full Entry]

hanni - Hanna Zaehringer | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 29th 2009 | 27 Views | [diary=440712]

...i glaube der fand mich gut ;)
das erste tier des melbourne zoos das sich uns gleich praesentierte...ein pfau
...jaaa u krokodiele gabs da auch

Flying Home For Christmas, oh I can't wait to see those faces... Sorted! RE my last blog I have now booked and paid for in full for my flights back to England. I'm arriving into London and half 5 in the morning on 17th December and leaving on the 8th Jan. Awesome! Seriously can't wait to see everyone. I have no plan as yet as to where I will be excatly at any time in particular but just have plans to catch up with as many people as possible in London, Leeds and Warrington and everywhere else! Keep me in the [View Full Entry]

Andy501 - Andy Letts | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 28th 2009 | 22 Views | [diary=440341]