Block Arcade Melbourne

282 Collins St., Melbourne , Victoria, Australia - Phone: 03 9654-5244

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    Santa Clause is coming

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    My alarm woke me ... I'm off to Melbourne today and I'm getting a shuttle to Auckland airport at nine. I'm dressed and packed, waiting for my pickup by 8.15am. I watch breakfast TV to kill time. I'm promtly collected, dropped at the airport and checked in for my flight by 9.40am. I now have three hours to kill, so shopping and hanging around it is …

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    Shopping in Streets/Lanes/Arcades in Melbourne

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    This morning I got up, and checked my netbook, as the data defrag was running the whole night. I could access my pictures so I was happy. Anyway it is still rather slow and it freezed again. So I decided to buy a new memory card to have enough photo space for the rest of my trip. In the morning I also bought a Vodafone SIM, but there …

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    Austra-Alien Report VOL I Edtion lll

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    ... , the newspaper and conversation. Morning coffee and eggs over real easy or French Toast aromas waft through the air. The Block Arcade is a large historic building integrated within the CBD that has been turned into a series of small shops, art ...

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    steve lands in the land down under

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    ... we did not get the advertised Darwinian prices at the pub we were at.  After lunch we walked through the very pretty Block Arcade and then down the famous narrow alleyways.  We walked down a wide alley full of coffee shops with outdoor seating ...

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    Day 156: Melbourne

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    ... an easily navigated grid. Tree-lined Collins St has many intact facades from the past century, and the elegant, restored Block Arcade. This was a popular avenue for strolling a century ago, with sports events being delayed until the obligatory promenade ...

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    Melbourne and the tennis...

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    ... . Melbourne has lots of Victorian lanes which connect the main streets - the most well-know of these arcades are Block Arcade and Royal Arcade - they are very ornate and beautiful. We also visited a beautiful old Catholic church called St. Francis of ...

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    Santa Clause is coming

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    ... Elizabeth Street and it's not long before I turn into a beauitful old arcade of shops, all decked out in Christmas decorations. Block Arcade has mosaic floors as well as some lovely shops. I stand and linger at the shop window where some beautifully ...

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    Hot in the city....

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    ... and through Block and Royal Arcades. These are stunning and very classy, probably dating back from Victorian times (according to the Lonely Planet, Block Arcade was built in 1891, so its nearly as old as Paul!). They were full of life and bustling, all ...

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    Alice Springs to Melbourne

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    ... a late lunch at Drum Indian Food. We took the tram back to City Circle and had tea at the Hopetoun Tea Rooms (3:30 pm). On the back we walked through the Block Arcade. We bought tickets for a footy game and saw Carleton lose to Essendon at the MCG. ...

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    Meetings are over...let's all have Shiraz!

    ... that little WV party, I came back to my hotel and relaxed for a bit...I went out for a salad and Chardonnay at the Block Arcade - just near my hotel - at a really cute little candelit restaurant. There was a band outside playing Gypsy Kings... It was ...

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    The Cosmopolitan (marche #5)

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    ... de cette marche, je réalise qu’il ne me reste rien à faire, car le reste est constitué du tour de Block Place, Block Arcade, Royal Arcade, Centre Way, Degraves, etc.  donc toutes des places que j’ai faites lors de la marche ...

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    Melbourne "Victoria, The Place to Be"

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    ... ! Mon backpack est full full ). Nous avons dejeune dans un resto japonais et pris un cafe dans un petit cafe des Block Arcade : un passage victorien superbe, mozaiques au sol, voutes en fer forgees, boutiques de createurs...canon! Je suis ensuite allee ...