Melbourne Zoo

Melbourne - Australien

Ein "wunderschoener" Nachtzug brachte uns in die "wunderschoene" Stadt Melbourne.
(Abfahrt: 20.40 Uhr - Ankunft: 7.35 Uhr, Schlaf: KEINEN)

Dort angekommen trafen wir am Infostand des Bahnhofes auf einen netten deutschen Backpacker namens Marcel, der dann auch gleich mit uns auf Hostelsuche ging. Noch am …

So...it's s been a while...we finished off our stay in Gunter's beach house with a few fine days and more days on the beach for James. After a few rainy days we were beginning to get cabin fever.

We said our goodbyes to Mick, Yvonne, Mitch, Josie and Charlotte at Charlotte's birthday party on the beach. It was a sad farewell not sure when …

G'Day Everyone!

Well it's been a busy weekend and we've loved every minute.

Saturday we woke up early and John decided to take us for a good old fashioned Australian bush walk. We headed out with John's friend Ted who he has known for years and goes on walks with regularly. It took us about 30 mins to get to the area we wanted and …

After a great time had in Sydney I was ready to see something new, so Esther & I booked a night bus from Sydney to Melbourne.

The drive was 12 hours long, and, us thinking we were being clever thought that we would save money as we wouldn't need to pay for a night's accommodation but instead sleep on the bus...how wrong we were. 12 …

Will bought me a Tiger cub behind the scenes adventure for Christmas in 2010 and we haven't had a chance to use it until today.



I wasn't really sure what we were going to be able to see, but the guide was fantastic and explained how to behave around the Tigers which of course made me make a loud noise and start giggling.......... …

Hey folks,

We arrived monday at 6.30am local time, went straight to our hostel to drop our bags off at 8am, then ended up roaming Melbourne streets for 6 hours until we could properly check in. The Moomba festival was on and the monday was a bank holiday so was a great day to arrive and we saw lots of cool water sports competitions on the …

This was my first really big road trip. Sure I've done heaps of little long-weekenders camping down south, and a couple times up north, but this time I was going across states and for longer than just 3 days!! Sadly I went with a "friend" who was not really compatible to being with for long periods of time. By the 10th day I was ringing my aunt and …

Inmiddels ben ik alweer 2,5 maand aan het werk!! Ja ik weet het, heb even geen blog geschreven en de reden daarvan is, dat het best heel druk was en ik in m'n kostbare vrije tijd heel veel andere leuke dingen te doen had:)! Het werken gaat geweldig, vind het super leuk! Heb veel nieuwe mensen ontmoet, vrienden gemaakt en vooral nieuwe dingen …

I had such a wonderful adventure when I visited Melbourne, Australia. I had a wonderful experience while visiting zoos, theme parks, museums, and also seeing how giving people in Australia are just like in many folktales I have read. We landed in Melbourne and mostly stayed there for the whole trip. I couldn't imagine that I was actually 17 hours …

The minute I stepped off the plane it was beautiful and somewhat chilly. The air smelt like fresh barbecues and children were running around everywhere. A kind gentleman walked up to me and said G'day Mate. I replied with a simple "G'day...?" I stayed at the hotel Quay West Suites where the service was amazing!
The first day I was there I …

... went back to the hostel and fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. The highlight of the next day was visiting Melbourne Zoo, which was similar to the one in Wellington...but better! As I was queueing to get in, the tannoy system announced ...

... one particular one, so Kim and me went there and overfaced ourselves with huge medium sized ham and pineapple pizzas! Kim was leaving Australia on Saturday, as it was only a short trip for her, and she admitted to being a little homesick. She was a very ...

... glass look pretty (in the same way brain haemorrhages are pretty). Then, poor half a pint of Coopers Pale Ale (if outside Australia, go for any cloudy lager, like Hoegarden). Then, perform the necessary toast ritual (I favour "I don't care who you are, ...

... report to the front gate." Being so close to the zoo hearing the announcements when still half asleep can be a little weird. Melbourne is made up of a number of distinct areas or districts each with their own character with Fitzroy were I headed to ...

... breakfast and a take away lunch that includes the most wonderful Turkish flatbread. We marvel at the taste as we snack in the Melbourne Zoo, our main destination for the day. The highlight of the zoo has to be the Platypus habitat, with its dim ...

... anymore so we were lucky. Escaping the crowds of kids became a bit of a priority but not before we visited Steve Irwin's Australia Zoo, we're not really huge fans of zoos not really agreeing with animals in cages but these are supposed to be rescued ...

... family has been wonderful to me and helped me get adjusted to Australia and let me know what I should and shouldn't do around Melbourne. Australia, at least from what I've seen so far in Melbourne is very similiar to Canada. But everything just seems ...

... to stay,  where we met David. This guy was classic. He was a 74 year old ex-olympic gold medalist turned cab driver in Melbourne. He gave us a "good deal" and was going to take us to St.Kilda (on the other side of Melbourne, near the beach). Well, ...

... Pissarro exhibit. We call this a "second" city as there is a strong rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney as there is between San Francisco and Los Angeles.  Although we enjoyed Melbourne, we still think Sydney rules (as does San Francisco). ...

... with * Hunter Valley wine tasting with Dave and Shirley * Sunset on the ferry back from Freser Effing Island * Holding a koala at Australia Zoo * Cruising round on the back of Hot Rod's motobike, Agnes Water * Sunset and cocktails with Amy in Sydney Low ...