Blogs from Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 584

Arriving in Melbourne late in the night gave me a fresh perspective of this intriguing and cultured city. Even though I was stepping out of a ten dollar airport shuttle with a dirty backpack and a paper sack filled with the rest of my stuff, I felt as if I was stepping out of a limo into a vast romantic city, like that of Paris. It was a very special feeling though because I was reuniting with Rachel after our longest break so far, two weeks! Rachel and I decide to explore Melbourne like we would if it was our only destination in the world. We put our worries about money to the side and put on our walking shoes. We had a great time riding the tram everywhere and investigating this unfamiliar urban city. ... read more

For all of those people wondering, click on this link to see a map of where we're travelling This will take us 6 weeks and will cost us far too much to mention! :) Keep checking back with this site as we'll add blogs as we get the opportunity... In the meawhile, if you want to work out where we are at any given time, click on the following list. May 16th - May 19th Mauritius Veranda Hotel - Mauritius May 20th - May 23th London Lisa's Place in Acton May 24th - May 28th Paris url=http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controller/poiHotelDisplayOne?from=800&id=6246&type=41101Holiday Inn Bastille May 29th - May 31st Lyon url=http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/dyn/controll... read more

Moved out of the flat today- it was very sad- didnt think it would bother me that much really- went back later that day to check for post and was awful to see the new tenents in "our" lounge and "our" kitchen!!!!!!!!!! - we are now homeless again!!! Andy had kindly let us stay at his tonight, the boys were staying at Darren's uncles as his cousins birthday (I made the Batman cake for hin- becoming a bit of a dessert maker!!!!- No suprise to those who know me well!!!!)....................... My gosh- I have collected some stuff whilst living at the flat!!!!! Just dont know what to do with it all!!!!!! Will have to try and eliminate!!!!! Sent some stuff home but still no good!!!! Dad I am still the "Bag Lady!!!"........................................... Ian had made us ... read more

We have settled into our new home very nicely, and have begun to get into some kind of routine when getting up in the morning or as it has recently been mid-day. As we are both on the job hunt for bar-work there are no bars open in the morning, in fact most of the bars we are attracted to work in open as late as 5pm and then stay open until 3/4/5am, so getting up early is of no benefit to us. To help me on my quest for new work I purchased a deck of playing cards on which have all the coolest/secrect bars in Melbourne (the hotspots) most of which are down little alleyways or small streets, therefore not too easy to find. On the back of each card, for each bar, there ... read more

Yesterday was Neighbours day for us, its all filmed just near Melbourne, so seemed like one of those things which we just had to do. The day started off by getting the bus tour down the Erinsborough High, the studio, and Ramsay Street itself (acutally called Pin Oak Drive). The tour itself was horribly cheesy - as to be expected, and we were forced to watch one of the worst dvd's ever on the bus journey, but it was all in good spirit. One of the funny things was, everybody else on the tour was British (the tour guide said he doesn't think he's ever had an Australian on it!). The school and studio were pretty boring (as we weren't actually allowed inside any of it) but the Ramsay Street was very interesting. Its much much ... read more