"OK, so we made it to Melbourne!! We managed to sleep most of the way to Auckland, and then connect to Melbourne... Upon arriving, we decided to be good visitors and dec ..."
" After a week or so here its easy to see why people rave about Melbourne. Its so more diverse than any city in Australia that I've been to. It has marks off for not being car frien ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
jag
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" The best things to do in Melbourne and in the area around would be definitely to visit the Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road and to watch penguins returning home in the Phil ..."
"Melbourne is a city with aspirations and you can tell. It's a large city with loads of character, a laid-back pace and a lifestyle that oozes quality. Magnificent Tudor and Victori ..."
"Continued driving along the Great Ocean Road passing through the towns of Apollo Bay, Lorne and the surfers Mecca of Torquay. The road dissects the Otway forests and range as it br ..."
"I couldn't change my flight from Tassi straight to Sydney, so I'm having a couple of days layover in Melbourne. It is a nice town. I am on Brunswick St, sitting by the window of a ..."
"Homeward bound for Grechy, Melbourne has involved a lot of R&R and catching up with his friends and family. This is our base for the next few months as we continue to explore t ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
dacraic
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"We arrived in Melbourne to cold and wet weather and grey skies all day - Charlie was not happy and was immediately missing Fiji, going around in her fleece (pulled out from the bot ..."
"I get into Melbourne and find my way to my hotel where I want to crash for a few hours but am unable to check in and have to just drop off bags instead. I do a walking tour o ..."
Australia, what's it like? ... or a week and a half...possibly 2...i just recently traveled to cabo and kinda met a guy who happens to live in Melbourne, Australia. haha strange i know. but i am planning a vacation and since that happened it's kind of in my possibilities..and he ...
Best Festival ... called the Meredith Music Festival. An amazingly relaxed time. Held in a natural ampitheatre in bushlands about an hour or so from MelbourneAustralia. It's been going for 16 years this year. I've taken my esky and tent to about seven of them. ...
What's your dodgiest travel story? ... things' that maybe don't pass your standard of REAL. Funny thing is where i live and go out to see bands in MelbourneAustralia the Lonely Planet guide suggests NOT to go afterdark due to 'safety' reasons. I've never seen or been part ...
Geography facts that may surprise you ... having unusually pleasant year-round climates, and they are all almost identical distances from the Equator. 4. San Francisco and Melbourne, Australia are both known for mild and fast-changing climates, and they are identical distances from the Equator. ...
Where have you lived? Where are you now? I'm in Florida right now. Then I'll be in Thailand in December. The I'm heading to uni in Melbourne,Australia in February.
January 2007 Best Photo of the Month that first one labelled "Bay of Islands" actually looks like Admiral Arch along the Great Ocean Road in Australia. ....doing further research on the photo and seeing that it was posted from Melbourne, it probably is. so if any Aussies out ...
Thai Visas ... the average tourist or expat but just to control things a little more. On Wednesday afternoon I posted my visa application from Melbourne to the Thai consulate in Sydney. They rang me on Thursday morning. WOW! Well done to Australia Post and the ...
What Do You Buy ... - 4 Morocco in 2001 - 2 Tunisia in 2005 - 2 Turkey in 2005 - 1 Iran in 2005 - 4, but these were stolen in Australia whilst shipping them home Pakistan in 2005 - 1 London in 2006 - 2, these are Iranian which we bought from Ebay so are all these spread ...
Racism down under.. I only got to see sydney and byron bay when I was in australia. I'm asian and saw tons of other asians in sydney. I didn't think I experienced any form of racism towards me in particular. going to byron bay, I must've been 1 in probably ...
Australia - the sites? ... - there are plenty of 1st class competition games during the Australian winter (well, from April to end September really) in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. At most games you can just turn up and buy tickets and you can also pre-book ...
Australia and New Zealand ... in school therefore tourist places are not as busy. I would start your visit in Sydney and then head down to Melbourne through country Victoria, travel the Great Ocean Road heading onto Adelaide to visit the wineries. I would also recommend heading to ...