Blogs from City Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 5

In one day we got from Auckland to Sydney and from there to Melbourne!! For me and Joanna it was not that weird as we had done it a lot of times already! I understand Kikis excitement, it was a dream trip there in Australia and it became reality. It was all good, lovely airports no big hassle, just with jet star not being able to check us in before a certain time because as a traveller u want that part over and done with! I found the hunger games and bought the book to read during the flight! An amazing book I have to say. The flight to Melbourne was in Avalon , somewhere outside from where u can take a bus to the actual Melbourne, small airport with 3 gates, but if they cater ... read more

I arrived in Canberra on March 26th from Denpasar, Bali........spent a few days getting the body temperature to drop to where I wasn't sweating 24/7.......got rid of the "big hair".......and set out with Lee Anne and Pauline on a "business trip" to Melbourne...... This would be flight #16 for me since January......short hop skip and a jump in comparison. Melbourne is a busy city full of interesting places to eat and drink and shop and watch sports! We are heading to the AFL game Saturday nite.......I don the team colors of Lee Anne's team.....Essendon.....the game was thrilling to the end......the seats where awesome and the crowd wild.......luved it! The game was close right to the end and we happen to be sitting right behind the goal posts where the final goal was missed: North Melbourne v ... read more

Creeping in, to join a worn out Nat in bed i was startled by movement. Flicking on the light revealed a rather large huntsman spider relaxing on the cool wall. A few days have come to pass and we have been filling out forms and trying to get things moving. However we are in a vicious circle of needing more ID to get more ID. Bored of paperwork i decided to share a coke with Trent. Wondering through the Carlton gardens Nat and I meet a few fluffy coated friends with rabid faces. One who didnt want to be seen, one who did and one who couldn’t help it! (see pictures) So far we have visited all three main markets of Melbourne • Prahran • Queen Victoria • South Melbourne We are however yet to explore ... read more

Hi Everyone! Welcome to 2012 and the start of the Australian travel adventure. I have left Leeton, the Fruitshack, and Mick's Bakehouse behind. To start off my trip my friend from England, Emma, and I have travelled down the Hume highway in her little 1987 Plymouth. We stopped in Albury for a few days and saw Hume Lake and the Murray River. Another fellow Fruitshacker, Andy, accompanied us for 3 days in Albury. He intended to travel to Melbourne with us for the New Years festivities, but when we told him he would have to help us pay for the camp site we had booked he decided to part company with us and hitchhike to Sydney instead. He said he would try to join us in a week for the Great Ocean Road part of our ... read more

"What's Melbourne like?" I asked everyone who'd ever been there before my visit. "Oh, it's fantastic. Amazing culture, shopping and cafes. Melbourne's great. You'll love it." That was the general consensus. I visited Melbourne last year for a blogging conference but I didn't see anything apart from a conference room and 150 bloggers. Much as I love bloggers (and I do!) when I went back for another blogging event I was dying to see Melbourne properly and experience it myself. You see I just didn't really get the concept of Melbourne or what everyone got so excited about. As Australia's second largest city there are the inevitable comparisons between Melbourne and Sydney. Of course, ... read more