Melbourne, Australia, Australia I’ve spent the last few days here in Melbourne tying up some loose ends. It is so easy to live in a city and say “I’ll do that sometime”, and then run out of time before you actually do it. That realisation came to me a couple of days ago, and I’ve tried to squeeze in as much as possible in the last few days. Unfortunately, I’ve been sick for the last week, so it’s not made…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia I had a great day out today with my friend Carla. I met her at her house at about 10:30am and we hit the road. Our first destination was Brighton which is very popular for its beach boxes that are all painted in extremely bright colors. They are owned by really rich people who live in Brighton, and as far as we could see, they just keep their beach crap in them. The are completely non-essential, but…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia I had a fairly lazy start to the day today. I got up and checked out of the hostel by 8:30am and headed over to the airport. I returned the car and checked in for my flight by 9:05am. I was supposed to fly out at 11:05am, but since I was flying with Tiger, we didn’t actually take off until 1:30pm. The most annoying thing was that they finally came out with an announcement at 12pm saying…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today I finally got to go somewhere I’ve been meaning to go since I got to Melbourne, Phillip Island. Lisa and I signed up for this tour at the same time as the Great Ocean Road tour, and today was the day. One cool thing about it was that we had Cameron as a tour guide again, so we at least already knew him. We started out with an hour long drive down to Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today I finally got to go to an Aussie Rules Football game. I met my friend Tony at Etihad Stadium to see St Kilda versus Melbourne. The Melbourne Demons are the team that I randomly adopted when I moved into the city, so it made sense that they would be in the first game I get to see. It was only $20 for a general admission ticket, and that allows you to sit anywhere you want in…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today started out with an early rise for breakfast at the Asses Ears Wilderness Lodge and then off for some kangaroo spotting. There were so many kangaroos it was a little ridiculous! They were all over the roads and in every field we went by. We made our first stop of the day at Mackenzie Falls. There were a few different lookouts to see the falls from, so we decided to check them all out. While walking…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia This last week involved a few more sightseeing trips around Melbourne that I hadn’t gotten to yet. I was planning on having a job by this point, but it turns out that jobs (mainly testing contracts) are not as easy to find in Melbourne as I anticipated. Although there are some contracts available that would suit me perfectly, most companies will not hire anyone on my working holiday visa. It’s pretty annoying because I’ve paid for this…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today I finally got to do something that I’ve been wanting to do since I moved here to Melbourne. I went up to the top of the Eureka Building. The Eureka Skydeck, which is located on the 88th floor of the Eureka Building, is the highest viewing platform in the Southern Hemisphere. This is pretty awesome considering how many big cities are in the Southern Hemisphere. They really did a great job with this viewing platform as…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today was the big day I’ve been waiting for, UCONN in the Elite 8!! I found out last night that the game was not going to be on at the Casino Sports Bar where I’ve been watching all the other games. Not a big deal, NCAA.com streams every game of the tournament live and for free. I decided to go to the restaurant downstairs for breakfast and use their free wifi to watch the game while I…
Melbourne, Australia, Australia Today was the most interesting day at the track so far, but also pretty miserable. The weather was on the edge of raining all day long. I had gone out last night to buy a proper rain jacket, but it never actually rained long enough for me to use it today. It was just one of those annoying days when it was really cloudy and rained a bit, but just enough to annoy you and not actually…