http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Victoria , Melbourne en-us Tue, 24 Nov 09 17:46:56 +0000 Tue, 24 Nov 09 17:46:56 +0000 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 diffic http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St--Kilda/blog-455209.html We arrived back in Melbourne to find that the weather had certainly changed since we lefthellipit 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 f http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Richmond/blog-455203.html 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 wasnrsquot 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-455201.html Down UnderThis 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 h http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-454055.html eNJOY tHE gALLERY http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-452590.html 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. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-452554.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-452155.html 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 Quee http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-451575.html 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. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St--Kilda/blog-450907.html 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 p http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St--Kilda/blog-450450.html 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 loca http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-450442.html 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 w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St--Kilda/blog-448471.html 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 p http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/CBD/blog-448467.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-447992.html 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 co http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St--Kilda/blog-447663.html 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 mystica http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/CBD/blog-446536.html 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 fol http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-446298.html Australia Part II Melbourne Phillip Island and St. KildaOct 613 2009Oct 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 Melbourn http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/City-Centre/blog-446222.html BMXonline bmxonline.com.au BMXonlineshop bmxonline.com.aushop http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/blog-443227.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Crown-Casino/blog-443123.html