Blogs from City Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 2

Day 35 We got up early and went to the airport to catch our flight to Melbourne! We took off and 10:30 ish and landed 11:40! We were met by our transfer and taken to the hotel alto! We checked in and took our stuff to the room then went in search of some lunch! We found Nandos round the corner and had one of their platters! - very nice! We then went for a snoop round the outlet centre which is just on our doorstep! That was nice, nice shops nice looking yummy chocolatey food haha! We then went for a walk into town and found China town so we knew where to go for dinner! We also discovered an outdoor cinema but we aren't sure if we will have time to go! We then ... read more

Hi People, Second day of the tour started at 6am, with an included continental breakfast at the hostel before we continued south. After a bit more driving we stopped off for lunch at the ancient Otway’s rainforest before taking a disappointing walk around the 2-mile route to see the smallest waterfall ever and a tall tree one of the 2nd tallest types in the world (but this tree had actually fallen down….) still it was a good little walk up hill after lunch. Along the Great Ocean Road we stopped off at the popular sites to get photos including the collapsed but still awesome London bridge; the towering limestone cliffs of Loch Ard Gorge, the 12 apostles, drove through Apollo Bay, stopped at the historical memorial arch and had a beach walk. We also had a ... read more

A late start and first excursion was on the free city circle tram to get a view of the area. We then called in at the information centre to pick up some tourist literature. By now it is lunchtime. We dropped of our library in the hotel and set off for the botanical gardens. On the way we could see the Rod Laver Tennis arena, home of the Australian Open Tennis, the MCG home of man y defeats for the English cricket team, the Etihad Stadium, football and rugby of all codes and Albert Park home of the Australian F1 all within a mile of the city centre. As you will see from our photos, on our walk Lyn met Linda Gorringe who runs a bridal shop and Dave met a couple of mates on their ... read more

14 janvier 2015 : Aujourd'hui, visite du centre-ville de Melbourne avec le tramway gratuit. Nous commencons par "Greek Precinct", l'enceinte grecque, ou il n'y a finalement pas grand chose a voir. Nous retournons sur Bourke Street et nous allons manger un excellent tandoori chicken chez David Jones puis nous visitons les arcades d'Elizabeth Street qui, elles, valent le detour.... read more

I understand it has been some time since I blogged last and there is good reason - this round the world trip takes some planning, combine this with a busy social life and full (ish) time work, stir in a beautiful but quite demanding cat and it does not leave much time for anything else! Anyway - I am very pleased to announce that all but one town for the African portion of our adventure is booked and partly paid for, the trip will go along the lines of - Land in Jo'burg, head straight to Livingstone for the Vic Falls Head to Kasane and complete a three day camping trip in the bush of Chobe National Park Pick up car in Kasane and drive through/stop at Rundu, Bagani, Etosha, Otjiwaronga, Swakopmund and finally drop the ... read more