Blogs from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 374

Visiting Brian ... and Helen and Lucian Elaine and I have flown to Melbourne for the Queens Birthday Long Weekend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of my graduation from Portsea. About 20 of us will be gathering. Some arriving tonight. Some, like me, making the trip down the Mornington Peninsula tomorrow. Today, though, is really Elaine's shopping day - the sweet siren song of the outlet centres is calling, and I know that there is little point in trying to resist. Last year she planned to come down for the weekend with an old friend, and somehow they ended up in Hawaii visiting the outlet centres there. Oh, and there was a little bit of sightseeing, or so I was told. So we arrived at Brian and Helen's place in Brunswick, where we will be staying ... read more

Well I'm nearly prepared for my journey only a few things left to do. Princess Sparkle is beginning to get the jitters. I don't know why she is so nervous seeing she has me with her. Oh well. Less than 4 weeks to go before I begin for real. Will keep you all updated. bye for now Sarah & Princess Sparkle... read more

Hi guys. I thought I would give a quick update seeing as I haven’t written in so long. Contrary to the rumors going around I have not been kidnapped by a gang of renegade kangaroos. I have been extremely busy with school the past month or so. I have about 3 weeks of classes left, then a couple of weeks off before exams. Luckily I only have 2 exams this semester, which isn’t too bad, but I have 4 major papers due by the end of the month. I forgot how stressful school can be! Besides being busy, I haven’t updated because I haven’t really done anything exciting. Just study and hang out with friends. I hope to go on a couple of trips in late June and early July, down to the Great Ocean ... read more

Arrived in melbourne caught a taxi and went around melbourne for 45 minutes with taxi driver.... bit industrial a city and everything spaced out so much. Have very few photos therefore as a city is a city. Went on a two day road trip with a random guy met and went down great ocean road. I slept in the boot of the car which was 4ft by 3ft tiny space! Good laugh though, many nights of drinking randomly meeting new people, my hostel was cool some wicked people, the spencer on spencer street. So here are the photos I took.... read more

New Zealand was then. Melbourne is now. Its great to be in a city again. The 4 million people here from what I can see spend their time in cafes, bars or at footy games. I have done my best to fit in. The cafe culture is huge. Which is lucky as my capacity for drinking 'long black' coffees is similarly sized. Chic cafes line narrow streets manned by trendy staff with will pointy, gelled hair. Its a really cosmpolitan affair with really pretty buildings. I am not normally into city architecture but even the train station building is beautiful. The River Yarra divides the CBD in the north with the more weekend-trippy areas of the south. Its great. Its a really special time here as well as today in ANZAC day, marking 90 years since ... read more