Melbourne Town Hall

Mit umfangreichem Material von Nicole und Jackson gestern ausgestattet war unser Plan heute um 10.30 Uhr zu der hiesigen I´m free Tour zu gehen. Unser Zug mit etwas Puffer war für 9.02 Uhr angesagt.
Um ca. 8.30 Uhr machten wir uns auf den Weg um per Bus oder 20 min Fussmarsch zum Bahnhof zu kommen. Leider waren in diesen Annahmen schon 2 …

I am getting back into the swing of getting this blog going again so here is the next part of my journey down to Melbourne. On my last day in Sydney I did my homework as to where my hostel was and where I needed to get to and from with all my bags and the only downside would turn out to be my own competitive nature, I will come back to that in a …

4/22/11

Day 0

Well as I jumped in the car with Bob Graziano, I had a giant smile on my face. What an opportunity this has been for me! I got to spend the last week in Melbourne, which is where I started my Australia trip almost 7 months ago and now I'm come circle and saying goodbye. I stayed with Connie and Con Papas and the …

Overslept ... then they were cleaning the shower room and I missed the free breaky ... so I headed out to find some. Within a few steps I discovered a small cafe serving up hearty breakfasts, so ordered myself some toast and a hot chocolate. As I ate my breakfast I planned my day by consulting my Lonely Planet. (Where would I be without one hey?)< …

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Als wir langsam, ganz langsam aus unserem Tiefschlaf erwachten, wurden wir rasch dessen gewahr, was der Wetterbericht angekündigt hatte: Die Sonne brannte unaufhörlich vom Himmel, die Luft in unserem Camper war stickig und wir schwitzten, ohne uns zu bewegen – der Tag würde ein erbarmungslos heisser werden... Mit erfrischender Dusche und …

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) …

It was Scott and my first Christmas together this year as usually we are with family so we were very determined to have a lovely Christmas even though we were away from home! We set up our $12 tree and decorated it in blue and silver tinsel and baubles to help us feel more Christmassy, even on our tight budget. We put a big shining star on top and …

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 …

... aid of an assistant. Suffice to say I now know some choice slang words in sign language. Today I ventured to the Melbourne Town Hall box office and "HalfTix" booth on Swanston Street with the sole purpose of getting tickets for either The Umbilical ...

The city lights of Melbourne meant the end of our dreamsome 9,000km drive around Australia together. Getting to the campsite was our final chance to show off the skills we'd picked up en-route. While Rob sat in his chair very well, and fended off some ...

... Hall, 142-144 Drummond St, Oakleigh. Mondays 8:00pm - 10:00pm Stonnington City Brass (D Grade) Stonnington Band Hall near Malvern Town Hall, cnr Glenferrie Rd and Malvern Rd. Tuesdays Booroondara Brass (B Grade) Hawthorn Band Room, opposite ...

... but figured most of them were made in China so we might as well wait.   On our journey we passed by Town hall (pictures attached) and found out that there was an international comedy festival just finishing up today. It had been going on for two ...

... Australia I have to carry home, so I’ve tried not to purchase anything too bulky! I sat down on a bench near the Fremantle town hall and began to read the book. The scene would be familiar to anyone used to small market towns in England. Nothing of ...

... Clearly, the dude is stalking me. We had a wander round the city centre, went to the amazing 'gingerbread village' in the Town Hall, which has got gingerbread versions of things like the MCG. Cute! Continuing the theme of all things Christmassy, we went ...

... airport the heavens opened. The rain was torrential and the tail of Cyclone Yasi, which struck the north of Australia was being felt in Melbourne. All houses around Airlie Beach.....where we'd been weeks earlier were abandoned and everyone was staying in ...

... friends and relatives we were blessed to be taken to some of their favorite eating spots in the city.  Melbourne is the cuisine capital of Australia and the sheer volume of high quality restaurants in the city is immense.  Lucky to be here ...

... this put me off dessert for days. that evening we caught Dan Willis' show which i absolutely luurved and then met my cousin at the Town Hall so she could catch our mate Reginald D Hunters show. unfortunately we couldn't get in coz it was sold out, but we ...

... to see Ross Noble another that I'd previously seen in Edinburgh. By now the venues were getting grander and grander, we were in the Town Hall with big fancy chandeliers but sat on very shaky temporary seating. He was good, as is his style he spent most ...