http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Victoria , Melbourne , St Kilda en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:27:51 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:27:51 +0000 I can't believe that we're now in 2010 The time is just going so fast Had a brilliant Christmas Started the morning by popping a bottle of bubbly to celebrate the occasion and then opened up various presents that me and Siobhan had bought each other and the ones that mum and dad had shipped over. Sian and Dave a couple we know from Brisbane had driven down from Brisbane to spend Christmas wit http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-464316.html It all starts here .... sitting on my new computer travel size 10 researching. Researching currency conversions travel warnings weather and climate festivals i cant miss adding Visa information and forms to my 'favourites' and testing out the super 10 hour battery life that my 30th birthday present can commit toI still havent booked a ticket. I have looked at all the cheap fligth sites http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-464209.html What a strange Christmas Day No cold weather no turkey no Walkers Pork PieMerry Christmas everyone http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-462644.html HelloI'm back where I began this trip around Australia...good old Melbourne St Kilda and its just as lovely as I remember if not lovelier due to the sunshine. Summer is well on its way and its difficult to believe its Christmas in just a few daysWhere to begin my update of where I've been and what I've done...here goes an attempt to be concise Cairns to Alice on a Greyhound 33hours on a b http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-461764.html En daar zijn we dan weerhellip met de laatste update van het jaar 2009 Denk niet dat het er nog van gaat komen voordat we over 2 en halve week dan eindelijk op vakantie gaan... zowel dan ist mooi meegenomen maar ik ga er zelf niet meer van uit... we zijn aan de lsquodownhill runrsquo richting de vakantie begonnen dus daar ligt de focus een beetje op zeg maar Dus ik ga er nog ff voor http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-458760.html 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 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 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 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 Tsjahellip dat was me het weekend wel weer zeg Kan het niet laten om toch nog maar een keer een update op de site te zetten voordat we vertrekken genoeg te vertellen en ben bang dat ik het anders allemaal vergeet na 2 weken vakantie Ten eerste was het stervenskoud dat was waarschijnlijk nog wel het ergste van het hele verhaal... het leek wel weer hartje winter terwijl we echt op het voorja http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-440308.html Zo... kom eindelijk weer een beetje terug in het ritme van regelmatig de site updaten haha Krijg je ervan als je gewoon weer lekker doordeweeks thuis bent enzo en dan wat meer tijd hebt om bij elkaar te zijn en leuke dingen te doen... laten we hopen dat het vooral zo blijft al zullen de komende maanden nog wel erg druk en hectisch blijven. Dat nieuwe werk hakt er wel in had wel verwacht dat h http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-438422.html Lever 4h20 du matin 5h route vers Dublin 9h45 dpart de Dublin direction Abu dhabi arriv a 20h30 heure local 6 heures d'avion22h40 direction Melbourne arriv a 18h30 heure local 13 heures d'avionpetit bus a l'aroport nous amne directement a notre auberge de jeunesse connaissance du Roomate qui vient d'Angleterre .... et si on all boire un ptit verre au bar de l'auberge pour clbr http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-437593.html Tsja... vorige verhaal eindige natuurlijk dan met de aankomst in Hyderabad India.. sjezus wat moet ik allemaal wel niet vertellen sinds dat verhaal... Dat is het nadeel van een land als India er gebeuren zoveel dingen om je heen die gewoon absoluut niet lsquostandaardrsquo zijn maar die zo plotseling gebeuren dat je echt op moet letten. Het zijn allemaal over het algemeen vooral kleine ding http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-433767.html Today is exactly 6 months since I broke my back and I have to say I've never been happierIm still living in Melboune and still living the dream. The last 3 months has been amazing and have met friends for life its getting even harder to see people leave but its great when that new person arrives and you get to know them.Still living in the Belford Palace but with new additions to the Belford B http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-431517.html 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 g http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-430644.html Not really having any kind of plan Chris and I decided to join Kyle and Sheridan on their shopping weekend in Melbourne with Wade and Bec. They had an appartment booked in Dockalnds so we were going to stay with them for the 2 nights then I was going back to Adelaide with them... but Chris and I decided to stay for a week and get a hostel. We ended up booking a week at Base Hostel....and the rest http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-421574.html So then back to Melbourne We stayed in the other caravan park this time as we were coming from the west. We did some more sightseeing and had a good look around the CBD including a trip on the free circle tram which was quite fun. There isnrsquot really that much to do in Melbourne with regards to specific sights and most people say its more about wandering around and soaking up atmosphere and http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-418470.html Dat is dan weer een heel lange tijd dus de laatste update en dezehellip maar dan is dan ook een goede reden voor Er is heel veel gebeurd in de tussentijd maar gelukkig is er eindelijk duidelijkheid over onze toekomst. Ik heb afgelopen woensdag ontslag genomen bij Manhattan en heb op dezelfde dag een nieuw contract getekend bij JDA software JDA is een software leverancier op het vlak van Sup http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-411034.html We woke up in the morning and decided that we should go by our Antiparos rule it's never a bad thing to eat at the same place if the food is amazing. So we went back to The Quarter on Flinders Lane for breakfast tried something different from the menu and it was still very good. Yum good start to the dayShane and I originally wanted to hire a car and drive down the Great Ocean Road today but http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/St-Kilda/blog-410924.html