Flinders Street Station Melbourne

Lynne.....
Monday 18th April 2011

It was late when we touched down in Melbourne but we didn't leave the airport straightaway as we were hungry, so went in search of food, our last Hungry Jacks before we leave down under. With full stomachs we left the airport and hailed a cab, we have booked a small cabin on a Big4 Campground called a …

Wake up feeling so refreshed. Let's do this!

An early start as we get dropped off at the train station by Lewie on his way to work. We join Melbourne's commuter rush into the CBD and spend the morning exploring town by foot. What a fantastic city, certainly would be my favourite in Australia. We check out some local malls and I find what I …

20.10.11
After a 9 hour train ride I finally arrived in Melbourne. Gaetano picked me up and took me straight to his mum's house for a nice dinner :) The food was good but I just can't wait to get to bed.

21.10.11
Today I just hung out at home, lounged on the couch, watched some TV and just enjoyed not having to run anywhere. So I …

Finally we had chance to have a lay in due to us having a free day to explore the city of Melbourne. Once again the breakfast was at the adjacent "Chill" restaurant and again we had another full breakfast consisting of a full English and pancakes. As this was already our last day in Melbourne we checked out but left our luggage behind to collect …

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 …

We're off to Melbourne for the day to do the touristy things and we even have a tourist book with money off vouchers it could not get any better. We got the train from Geelong which was only about an hour, got to Melbourne and started to navigate our way through the huge skyscrapers.

We headed for the aquarium first down at the river banks …

Woke up this morning to the sound of rain on the roof and it was very cold.

Had breakfast and decided to head over to the factory to get some warmer clothes out of the van. Was pleasantly surprised to see that they had already removed the over sized window, reframed the window space and refitted a smaller window (as originally requested) …

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 …

... . We also met up with Andrea Shemwell, a colleague who I used to work with at NU. It was bloody weird meeting her at Flinders street station. We went for a beer then went to the footy which to be honest was a it of a let down. We watched the game for ...

... dislodging all the blocks and cracking all the windows. Call me old school but it doesn't half jar against Flinders Street Station. A number of park rangers stood surrounded by inquisitive locals holding all kinds of creatures and on closer inspection ...

... tickets but that was impossible unless you were minted!! We got into the city centre at Spencer Street and walked to Flinders Street Station and here it was rammed with more rugby fans but mixed in with posh frocks and big hats from the racing. ...

... but the beach is crappier. It was great to finally get there. By the time we returned from St Kilda, the area around Flinders Street Station was packed solid! The bars and cafes were pumping. When we'd left for St Kilda it had been empty! It was ...

... Melbourne Tips: Tonight we are meeting up for free stand up comedy downtown at the hotel across the road from Flinders Street Station. And tomorrow we are planning to watch Star Wars Episode III at the Crown Complex ($5.75 for concessions on ...

... trying to find a pub and chatting to numerous people on the phone I eventually ended up in a hotel opposite the majestic Flinders Street Station and ordered a schooner of beer, to which they replied "We only serve pints and halves I'm afraid". I welled ...

... place we wanted to visit was Flinders street and Federation square. The whole area was pretty special with the old Flinders street station and St Pauls Cathedral mixed with the ultra modern area of Federation Square. Federation Square contains a couple ...

... his French friend, Marc, who he had met elsewhere and was living and studying with other French people in Melbourne. He met us at Flinders Street Station, and took us on a tour of the incredible Botanic Gardens, War Memorial and to other interesting ...

... enclosed inside it - really unusual. Also on the main streets were some pretty churches. Just across from Flinders street station, near the Yarra river, is an interesting collection of modernist buildings enclosing tourist exhibitions and ABBA World. We ...

... by.  We've been here 6 months and it has gone so quickly, probably because we have had such a great time.  I love Melbourne and I am going to miss it so much.  There is always so much going on here and it would take a lifetime to ...