Travel Blog | About TravelBlog | World Facts | Travel Wallpaper | Travel Forum | Travel Insurance | Services | Cameras

Melbourne Travel Blogs

Background: Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy. It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990's, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980's. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.




Links: Melbourne Travel Blogs (2873) | Melbourne Travel Photos | Map of Melbourne | Australia Travel Forum | Hotels in Melbourne | Hostels in Melbourne | Cheap flights to Melbourne | Melbourne Map | Australia Facts | Map of Australia

Australia

Australia Location



Hostels in Australia
Latest Melbourne Blog Entries
Melbourne Photos











By Stelson
November 3rd 2009
Melbourne St. Kilda Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda
We arrived to the city of Melbourne around 1245 am. David picked us up from the airport and brought us to their beautiful apartment in St. Kilda. Stephen and I were a bit jet lagged but we managed to get up early for the Melbourne Cup!! We are having a wonderful time here visiting with David and Sean!! The apartment is located in St. Kilda and has an amazing view of the city, the bay and a theme park! This morning Sean made a yummy breakfast and the guys surpised us with yellow flowers for our suits!!! In the evening, we [View Full Entry]

Stelson - = Nelson & Stephen | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
162 Words | 3 Comment(s) | 25 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: November 3rd 2009 | 57 Views | [diary=450450]

Apartment View
The Age
M

Melbourne - heiss ersehnt, lang erwartet, traumhafter Fluchtort in meinen schlechten Backpackermomenten. Ich bin nicht enttaeuscht worden. Es war ein tolles Gefuehl von einer hysterisch kreischenden Eszter am Flughafen abgeholt zu werden. Das Haus, ihr Haus, unser Haus ist wunderbar. 2 Zimmer, Kueche, Bad und ein grosses Wohnzimmer. Ich habe eine kleine gemuetliche Matratze auf der ich schlafe und einen Ort zum zu Hause fuehlen. Freitag abend, der Tag meiner Ankunft war sofort mit Programm verbunden. Eszters Eltern haben mich in Melbourne in einem wunderbar schicken Restaurant zum Ess [View Full Entry]

KatharinainderWelt - Katharina Neureiter | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
822 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 9 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 28th 2009 | 52 Views | [diary=447992]

Mein neues zuhause
Melbourne South Bank
Recreation Day

By Sicknote
October 26th 2009
Melbourne Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » CBD
Just back from a weekend in Melbourne and I can confirm that they do have trams, tree lined streets and a dirty great cricket ground. Wasn't sure what to make of it at first: it is a lot different to Sydney (as people never tire of telling you) and the wide boulevards do make it feel a little more European, but it's all a bit more complicated than that. I guess it's true that it's a more stylish place (I fitted in wonderfully, obviously) and the food was good, but there's something above and beyond all that that slowly creeps up [View Full Entry]

Sicknote - Stuart Page | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
519 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 20 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 29th 2009 | 52 Views | [diary=448467]

Down by the Yarra.
One of the chocolates she did like.
Federation Square.

By Sicknote
October 26th 2009
St Kilda. Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda
As I've said before, I liked St Kilda. Thought the tram ride was going to kill Ange (won't go into the details, but an old boy wouldn't let her sit down even though she was sick because he was saving the seat for his wife who was already happily seated at the front of the tram), and when we got there it was blowing a gale, but in the end it all turn out for the best. For a start, Ben and Jerry's were giving away free ice cream, and secondly the wood fired pizza we had was very tasty. You've [View Full Entry]

Sicknote - Stuart Page | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
625 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 17 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 29th 2009 | 56 Views | [diary=448471]

And another.
Luna Park.
Ange's bridge.

By paset2glen
October 24th 2009
Cairns, NZ, Melb Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda
I havent posted on here for ages now so thought i would put up a very quick blog. I have tried to blog frequently during my year away but have never really got round to doing it so but i will try and keep everyone updated as much as possible as i have a lot coming up as i travel through asia in around 5 weeks. In my last blog I was still in Cairns, I had just been fired and i needed money so i could head off travelling round New Zealand, i started to work in a bar/ brewery [View Full Entry]

paset2glen - Glen Jones | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1022 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 24th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=447663]


It's nearing the end of October, and February 2 seems like a long way away when I look at the (mostly empty) pages in my diary, but consulting my 'to do' list it seems like I barely have any time at all until I leave Melbourne, destination: Amman, Jordan and beyond. There are passport photos to get, visas to apply for, currency to exchange (not to mention currency to be saved!!) and that mystical and confusing language of Arabic to grapple with. No, I'm not expecting to be fluent by Feb, nor am I even expecting to be able to construct [View Full Entry]

Cat s adventures - Catherine Commander | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
192 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 20th 2009 | 15 Views | [diary=446536]


Petronas Towers
Petronas Towers
Kuala Lumpur
Wie der Titel schon verspricht hat es mit meinem Trip doch noch geklappt. Sebastian hat sich soweit besser gefuehlt, so dass ich es mit meinem Gewissen vereinbaren konnte ihn allein auf der Insel zurueck zu lassen. Habe mich mittags entschlossen in meiner letzten Woche doch nochmal den Rucksack zu packen und meinem Passport noch einen Stempel hinzuzufuegen. Erleichtert haben meine Entscheidung folgende Faktoren: Das bescheidene Wetter auf den Inseln, die Tatsache, dass ich fuer 30 Euro mein Visum fuer Thailand haette verlaengern lassen muessen und ich fuer 30 Euro aber einen Flug von Kuala [View Full Entry]

KatharinainderWelt - Katharina Neureiter | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1210 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 7 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 19th 2009 | 37 Views | [diary=446298]

Man in front of Indian Temple
Bikes in Georgetown
Buddhist Temple in Penang

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
25 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 8th 2009 | 13 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
878 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 8th 2009 | 47 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
2191 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 27 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 22nd 2009 | 59 Views | [diary=446222]

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