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By benny1855
August 15th 2009
AFL!? Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » MCG
Ok.. so last night wasn't just a case of sitting and watching TV. It involved a night out to the Crown pubs and bars with Danni - the lass I met on Moreton Island. I rolled in just after 2am thins morning. So it was a 10am start today! First port of call was Eureka Tower. This is the tallest residential building in the world and is the only building with The Edge! You stand in a box... and it moves out of the building so that it is 89 floors above the ground - on the outside of the building. [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 15th 2009 | 65 Views | [diary=428332]

Skydeck!
Sports!
Arts Centre

Railway
Railway
Walhalla Goldfields Railway
Melbourne to Sydney is one of the roadtrips you can do all year round with your campervan rental australia . Consider a 153 km Pakenham to Sale as your first itinerary for this trip. This is a very safe roadtrip driving on a wide, well signposted, excellent road. Inevitably, traffic can be dramatic during holiday periods. But this roadtrip gives you ample of chances to pull off the highway and adequate roadside service centres. Pakenham is a town having a mix of good shopping centres, fast foods and service statio [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 14th 2009 | 37 Views | [diary=428024]


By benny1855
August 14th 2009
Chilled Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » CBD
Today was a day of rest. I surfaced at around 10am when 2 blokes came in my room! It is quite scary when you get new people checking in SO early in a morning! I grabbed some cornflakes and then headed off to the Immigration Museum with Andy. It is so scary and embarassing to see how the Brits treated the Aboriginals when they arrived. Though it was interesting to see the make up of the population and how everyone in Oz had come to be here. I was kinda wishing that they'd also be able show me how to apply [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 14th 2009 | 54 Views | [diary=428074]


We had a week left in Melbourne and opted out of a trip to Sydney, after all we had come to Melbourne to spend some time with Jody and Stuart. So with just 7 days left in Oz we planned a busy week with lots of activities. The guys had returned to work after a 2 week break so it was down to Me and Michelle to organise our schedule. Monday - relaxed after a tough weekend drinking - easy. Tuesday - full of beans we headed out to the Great Ocean Road. Every Australian we met on our travels suggested [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 25th 2009 | 66 Views | [diary=427790]

The city from St Kilda's peir
Close up
At the Ethiad stadium watching the Carlton Blues

We flew from Bali Via Singapore and we had 8 hours to kill in between flights and if you ever get stuck in an airport Singapore is the place to be!!! We were entertained by a selection of pre olympic sport type activities which were hilarious! Tel managed to pip me to the post on the inflatable horse racing but only because he threw himself on the floor in front of me so i couldn't win - we each got medals and $10 to spend in the airport - result!!!!!! After being silly for a few hours we checked into a [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 29th 2009 | 41 Views | [diary=430644]

The race begins.......
Tel takes a dive.....
But he still wins!

It is annoying to say the least. This city has the best public transport system I have come across in Australia/New Zealand/China/Germany/UK... It runs perfectly. So can someone tell me why, two days running, an English speaking and reading adult - who has his Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award for navigating through wilderness and mountains, can fly all around the world catching numerous flights - can get lost using the train and tram in Melbourne? All I wanted to do was see Yoda! Today started with an early trip to Ramsay Street! As I waited for the bus outside the office [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 12th 2009 | 84 Views | [diary=427528]

Storm Trooper
Stingray
Number 30!

Today was wet. Ever so wet. So wet I had to wear my 'Mac in a Sac' and look like a muppet with this blue crinckled up water-proof jacket on walking round the City! Oh dear. It's a good job I'm not on the pull isn't it! I went for a tour of the city on the free bus this morning. After walking down the river to Federation Square to pick up the bus... the queue was sooo long that I would have had to wait for the next one... so I walked. Simples! I walked down towards the cricket ground [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 11th 2009 | 81 Views | [diary=427245]

Museum
Australia's Coat of Arms
Who lives in a house like this?

Would you Adam & Eve it!? I have to travel to the other side of the world to do my own washing and cooking! It's only taken me 23 years to learn these life skills! I realised that my washing needed doing - and so it has! Now... I am getting there with the washing... I did sort it out in to darks and whites and bagged it up - but when I get to the laundrette there were no free washers. But there was a lovely little Chinese lady who said she'd do it for me for $20! Not the [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 10th 2009 | 65 Views | [diary=426925]

Kitchen
Bedroom
Bathroom

By benny1855
August 9th 2009
Melbourne! Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda
Melbourne!
Melbourne!
WWII Memorial & Eureka Tower in the background!
Sunday in Melbourne... I was treated to a guided tour by Clare Bear! We started off this morning with a trip to Coles. This is the TESCO of Australia. Their fruit and veg section was like wow! After breakfast we headed off over towards St Kilda. Took in the sights of Port Melbourne first though - where Clare lives. At St Kilda we had a walk down Ackland Street. This street is full of cake shops and tea-rooms. Yes I had to have a cake. A big green spearmint mirangue! Delicious! The view back of the city was fantastic. We walked [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 10th 2009 | 73 Views | [diary=426864]

Skyline
The Shrine
I can see the sea!

Hey folks, so we last left you as we were getting ready to go to Fraser Island and what a trip it was... So up bright and early, we get shown a briefing video on how to drive these 4.5 tonne beasts and the do's and don't as a few guys just died on the island as they were ripping it down the beach and flipped the car...! That is exactly what you want to hear before you join 9 other randoms and trust them behind a wheel! Luckily only 5 of us could drive and only 4 really drove and [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 8th 2009 | 119 Views | [diary=426358]

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