Blogs from City Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 26

+I've been living in the magic glow of impending holiday bliss for which has seemed longer than the gestational period of an elephant or an Alpine Black Salamander for that matter! One proposal (Matt to darling Louise) and 18 months later sees me almost prepared for my first major overseas travel in over 10 years..... (no reflection required - that's way too long! - NZ doesn't count - it's just the 9th state/territory) * Itinerary established .... tick * Flights .... tick (paid for in a credit card kind of way) * Bike rigged & christened.... check * Training .... started (well I've ridden my bike up & down the hallway a few times) * Fluent in Spanish ..... si * Wedding present ..... eerrh * Frock for wedding .... si Matt & Louise I can ... read more

Melbourne City Centre is only 135km away from Phillip Island but the last 15km through the city took as long as the rest of the journey up here. Most of Melbourne’s major roads have a tram system cutting through the middle of them and consequently they have this very strange rule that if you want to turn right you have to get into the left hand lane and wait for…. Well, wait until the person in front of you goes than then you just follow very closely behind and hope your not going to get splatted by a tram. The city centre itself does not seem as appealing as either Sydney or Canberra. Once out of the main CBD there are some nice areas. The whole city doesn’t seem to fit together very well. Throughout the ... read more

Hey all, we are back in Melborne! GEtting the bus late tonight, for like 10 hours overnight to adelaide - our last stop before flying to New Zealand. Sorry that the photos didnt load up yesterday, we will put them on again today - not sure what happened there! So, today we had loads and loads of fun! We went on the NEIGHBOURS tour!!! Noooo i hear you say, but you know you would if you had the chance! It was really cheesey and good fun, the bus was sooo discrete as you can see, and people kept laughing at us through the windows - we just waved and then they got embarrassed! So, after being entertained with neighbours music videos on the way to Erinsborough high, we arrived! It is actually a school for people ... read more

Hey ho people Have just had quite possibly the craziest week in my life. When you hear the variety of stuff i have done then you will understand why. Let's start back in Sydney. I can't even remember which days i did what but i'll fill you in anyway. Did some celebrity spotting on the Manly Ferry. The old Horton guy from the Vicar of Dibley was on there - talk about A list. The ferry was pretty cool too especially as its way cheaper than a proper Harbour Cruise but you get to see all the same things, plus we came back from Manly as the sun was setting so we got great views of the bridge and opera house at sunset. Speaking of celebrities, we had lunch outside Russell Crowes house at the world ... read more

Hi all, First of all let us tell you about a rather unfortunate experience this morning.... after days of pondering whether to dye my hair (Amanda that is, not chris oh bearded one) made the decision to do it this morning. To my horror ... and Chris' it has actualy turned out a rather tomato soup ginger colour - total devestation. So, drama over, will jsut have to deal with it and wear a hat continuosly, but just thought that we woudl warn you before any shocking photos appear. So, today we explored Melbourne a bit. 15 minutes walk and we were in the city centre, must say its just a massive city with modern buildings etc. We did manage to find amusemnt down on the southbank with one of those water jet features which shooot ... read more