http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Victoria en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:42:34 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:42:34 BST I know its been a while and I apologize for that but I have been super busy getting settled in and also adapting to the Victorian winter man its cold here I guess after four months in SE Asia and then a few weeks back in San Diego during a heat spell my skin got a little thinner cause I have been pretty cold the whole time I've been here. Thats not to say that I don't like it the city is gre http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-304587.html No photos with this entry sorry as we're at an internet bank of pc's without any way to plug in. We did a bus tour on the Great Ocean Road on the 23rd a winding piece of scenic road along the coast. We had several stops but the piece de resistance were the sandstone formations called the 12 Apostles Greg and I did an optional and pricey helicopter tour to see them from the ocean but http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-304244.html I just had some free time and I realized that I forgot to account for a pretty significant event Two Wednesdays ago on the 8th of July there was an explosion at the labs I was working at my desk upstairs when it happened. It was a really loud boom that actually shook the upper level. First everyone up here just froze and looked around then about 20 seconds later the evacuation alarm went of http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Torquay/blog-303888.html Well it has been a while but then again there is not a lot to report...Work is interesting. I am still trying to get a hang of what my job entails. Like I said previously I am working for a company called Servier which is headquartered out of France. I am their Theraputic units coordinator in the international center for therapeutic research ICTR. Well the job title sounds fancy but ba http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Brunswick/blog-303505.html I spent the first couple of days at my relitives house sleeping off the stress that was Bangkok And writing EVERYTHING down in the blog which reading back is ridiculas but i think 5 days with noone to winge to about little things meant that I took it out on the Blog. Thanks to those who stuck it out and read the Bangkok entryMelbourne in JuneJuly is freezing compared to South East Asia so a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Mornington-Peninsula/blog-303471.html I moved into Queenrsquos College on Wednesday July 16th and I am just beginning to get my bearings. Melbourne pronounced Melbin is a much larger city than I anticipated. It reminds me of New York mixed with Dublin although I do believe the city sleeps because stores close relatively early. The weather is much colder than in the Gold Coast as I said previously it can get into the low for http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-302922.html This past weekend we took the ferry from Queenscliff to Sorrento. This is across the big bay that Melbourne is on. Andrew Daniel our Auzzie friend Taz and I took the trip on Saturday. On the way to the ferry there Taz took us on a bit of a tour through Breamlea Barwon Heads and Point Lonsdale. There were a lot of good beach and rocky breaks around there that we hadnrsquot checked out bef http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Torquay/blog-302598.html Fascinating day yesterday spent mostly in St Kilda seaside suburb of Melbourne. We went first to the Rippon Lea House and Estate a National Trust house. We had it almost to ourselves a Victorian house later madeover to 1930s Art Deco ish interiors. Garden was fascinating with a mix of northern and southern hemisphere flowers daffodils snowflakes etc out alongside cactus and palms. Never se http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-302561.html Hello my fellow readersthanks everybody for reading and the messagesSo after some work yesterday and preparing the ship for saiing we had a nice evening watching the twelve monkeys... it s was quite funy watching this movie about brad pitt being a crazy animal rescuer... if you see wat I mean Today we were all assigned for jobs during the sailing I m a deck crew so I ll be on the deck with th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-302194.html The ski season has arrived http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Mount-Buller/blog-302160.html Hej igen.S er der lidt nyt hernede fra. Det skal lige siges at der faktisk er pisse koldt hernede og havde mske undervurderet det vinter snak en lille smule...N men nok om det. Jeg har nu fundet et sted at bo Det er det eneste sted jeg s p faktisk da alt andet var optaget men det er et ganske fint sted. Bor ved en australier der lser tysk af alle sprog For de af jer som er lokal ken http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St--Kilda/blog-302152.html Last night in Melbourne and we have had such a great time. If I don't love the UK then will totally move here. We are just hanging in the room gonna pack up cos we have a taxi booked for 3.50am to take us to the airport....YUK Then just over 9 hours later we will be in Hong Kong. WOOHOOMissing everyone lots but also having a really good time so far. Love and hugs Me. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Bourke-Street/blog-302141.html Hello everybodyThanks for the messages I enjoy them so much they make me laugh SO after a real good night in my sleeping bag my god I m so so so happy I have this thing with me it had not been possible without it trying to warm up and no to pay attention to weird noises and going at 4 am alone in my pyjamas on the dock to run to the toilet and back I woke up and after a nice break http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Docklands/blog-301760.html Well we are in Melbourne and I love this place. If the UK ends up being crap we are totally gonna live here Have seen Natalie and got drunk plus looked around so well worth the trip. My sister will be here any minute her plane has landed and she should be on a shuttle to the city. Have been walking lots but will go on a tram before we leave for fun Also may visit the casino tonight hehe. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Bourke-Street/blog-301729.html Hey everyoneThought it might be time to say a little hello It's been winter here in oz and we haven't been anywhere too exciting just enjoying life in Melbourne working and partying hard. We've had lots of good nights out here and even a few familiar faces stopping by Melbourne. We caught up with Mairi McNicol old uni pal and Stevo last weekend which was great fun and then Shaun exSLAC co http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St--Kilda/blog-301662.html We are enjoying Melbourne despite the cold winter temperatures and the occasional showers. We arrived early and were allowed into our room so that was a good start. Since then we have spent a lot of time in museums and shops riding around on the free tourist bus and will also do the free tourist tram. Last night we saw a film at a cinema in the same street as our hotel after spending the da http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-301658.html Hello everybodyHere I am... I will only tell a little bit not too much time and there is some confidatialitySo a big black boat believe me it s a bit scary when you go on such a boat with a pirate flag and people aren t expecting you But once I was there it s fine we are something like 15 all ages and nationalitys and they seem niceYou know my 2 worries i had cold water It s solved ther http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Docklands/blog-301395.html Well I think Mrs. Verge would be proud... actually Mr. Sguin would be proud as he knows how much trouble I went through in high school trying to decipher Shakespeare He definitely had to lead me by the hand on all the ones we read... but either way I got the opportunity on Wednesday night to go see Hamlet at the Arts Centre in Melbourne. The production was put together by the Bell Shake http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Great-Ocean-Road/blog-301376.html Sea sheperd Here I comeI ll probably tell you all this in a week or soXXX http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-301308.html pics firstDay 1 So I arrived went with Micahel to eat something in St kilda and then to the Peter Macculum center great cancer research centerAfter that I went to the hostel there is a pics of my room it was fine could finaaly take stuff out my bags and have a warm shower I then went for a walk and dinner in St kildas nice area a suburb as they say And then when I came back the othe http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/City-Centre/blog-301290.html Hey again time for another blog update. Last time I made an entry it was right before we all went on a trip down the Great Ocean Road. We left early in the morning and eventually made it down to the 12 Apostles. They are rock formations that are standing tall in the middle of the ocean. There used to be 12 of them but with erosion there are only about 6 or 7 now. They looked amazing we got http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Torquay/blog-301264.html I started a count down this count down at 87 days and i thought i may as well set up this travel blog too.it's been 30 days since i started counting down less than 2 months to goThe tour we're taking is called the Cosmos Grand European 21 day tour as well as spending a week or two in England. cant wait to catch up with family and meet new people on the tour http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/blog-301241.html the trip is getting closer it's down to 57 days to gowe've finally finished paying for the tickets so now the trip is SETat the moment we're trying to extend it for another week so we'llbe going for 5 weeks instead of 4. how excitingwe also have to book tickets to see a show on the westendwhich will be AMAZING to see...hopefully we'll be able to see more than one http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/blog-301229.html Hej allesammenS er jeg ankommet sikkert til Melbourne og har vret her et par dage nu. Leder pt. efter et sted at bo og sidder lige nu og venter p at komme ud og kigge p et vrelse. Der er s benbart ekstrem boligmangel hernede nok vrre end rhus endda s dem der fortalte os at man skulle vente til man kom herned burde henrettes ved nakkeskud De andre danskere jeg er hernede med kom en u http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/CBD/blog-301210.html I have finally arrived in Oz I left the states on Friday July 11th and after a 6hour plane ride to LAX a 5hour layover in the airport a 14hour plane ride to Brisbane Australia and crossing the dateline I set foot on Australian soil at 605 AM PST on Sunday July 13th. The first four days I spent abroad orientation were at the Noosa North Shore Sunshine Coast. Here we relaxed with kangar http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-301158.html After a 14 hour bus journey from Sydney I arrived in Melbourne exhausted. I slept for the first day before climbing out of bed to reexplore my favourite city in Australia. The city has changed a lot with a massive economic boom causing lots of new shops and businesses to pop up all over the place. The docklands have now developed into flash apartments and offices while the city has become so c http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-300870.html This is our last blog entry for this trip so we hope you have enjoyed our entries.29th June. Today we left early to catch our train to the Rockies on the Rocky Mountaineer train. Some of these carriages are double deckers with the dining area on the lower level and on the top you have great seating with windows in the roof so you have a fantastic view all the way. These carriages also have an http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Bendigo/blog-300788.html After another flight Here I am at MelbourneIt s sunny not that cold modern and clean. It looks quite different and indeed you don t feel any pressure. The view changes after spending 2 days in singapore.As I didn t see this researcher who was suppose to come and get me I nearly got on a bus to the city centre and I met a belgian girl an geologist engineer cool who was doing a tri http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St--Kilda/blog-300503.html For international students orientation we spent 3 days on the beach We started out in amazing cottages with great views of the city of Lorne right along the Great Ocean Road. Outside of our windows were tons of birds who were always ready to be feed including perching on my arm and eating from my hand. We got to go surfing I even got up but the water was freezing since it is the middle of w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Geelong/blog-300500.html So I finally have access to the internet with some photo uploading capabilities... so I'm trying desperately to update everything and have it all photoised for everyone to seeMelbourne has been a bit of an adjustment for me from the getgo. I arrived on Sunday evening at 6pm and it was dark. There's nothing like finding your way around a new city in the dark. I don't recommend it. You do http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-300331.html