Blogs from Ramsay Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 3

Hi, im currently working on the pre course assignment that i need to complete before monday, so i thought id distract myself even more (already been to the shop, watched TV, visited facebook..) and give people an update on my trip. Well, its not really a trip anymore as im not going anywhere right now, not until my course finishes in mid december...after which my folks are coming out to my brothers for christmas and we will all be off on a road trip..cant say where yet as my folks are gonna be reading this and dont want to spoil the surprise... Anyway, i digress..the last couple of weeks have been fairly uneventful really. Its been nice catching up with my brother Dave and his wife Jeannie (id forgotten how much he farts, perhaps the reason ... read more

It has been a while since the last blog and we have been really busy settling down in Melbourne. We are now both working full time and hopefully the bank account will start to look better soon!! Trying to remember everything that we have done is going to be a challenge, but hey, here goes…… As the weather has picked up we decided to make the walk from our flat into the city centre. Some of the photos on this blog were taken on this trip as we walked along the south side of the river by the botanical gardens into the city. We decided to visit the immigration museum in the city centre. It was an excellent tour containing lots of personal immigration stories. Most though were a long time ago and we felt that ... read more

Hi all, it's us again, we promise this wont be long, but thought we should update you on our whole 2 days in Melbourne! After a change of plan we ended up staying in the Radisson Hotel (Thanks Dad (Brian)) which was very nice... & Yeah! we had our own TV again. We are now hooked on the Australian Big Brother, it's such a shame we have to leave for Fiji tonight, how depressing! hee hee The main thing to do in Melbourne, well top of the priority list - was too go and take a walk down Ramsay Street! For all those who don't know what were going on about - this is where they film Neighbour's (But we know you are all secret fan's anyway).... The afternoon was really good & it was ... read more

It was a wet morning but that didn't dampen my spirits as I was about to embark on my tour of Ramsey Street and Erinsborough! The tour was admittedly a little expensive for what it was but then you were able to relive some "classic" Neighbours moments, get all the gossip on what's coming up on the show (I would share with you but I'm sure I'd get a fair number of moans from you Neighbours fans out there!) and of course meet one of the stars... Hope you enjoy the pics!... read more

We're back in Melbourne for a couple of nights. Just enough time to do two things. First to go back to Fitzroy, Melbourne's answer to Soho, full of cafés and independent shops. We find it impossible not to pay a visit to a fantastic little place on Brunswick Street, the Chocolatería San Churro, which does plates of delicious fresh Spanish churros served hot with a big bowl of melted chocolate. Heaven ! Well, we need something to fuel all our walking... The second is something so natural, so obvious for any visitor to Melbourne that I hardly need to even say what it is. Which of Melbourne's cultural sights is so magnetic that it would be anathema not to visit it ? Which attraction draws all but the most philistine of visitors ? Of course, it's ... read more