St Kilda Beach Melbourne

Hi Again,

Been here a few days now so starting to settle in to the hostel and getting used to sharing a room with strangers. In my dorm there is a girl from Argentina, a boy from Italy and a boy from Ireland.
Spent most of my time out of my room, so have they (the girl from Argentina gets in at silly times so hardly ever see her) so …

After a restful night in our luxurious hotel we were ready to go and explore Melbourne. We begin the day at the Old Gaol which is best known for where Ned Kelly was kept and executed. After that we went for a walk around the city and visited China Town and walked down to Federation Square. Federation Square is where all the action happens in …

Unseren vorletzten Tag verbrachten wir wieder mit Nicole und Jackson, da sie heute freihatten (da Australia Day auf Samstag fiel war heute der entsprechende Feiertag unter der Woche eingeschoben).
Während Nicole morgens kurz im Fitnessstudio war schliefen wir (wieder) aus.
Sobald wir aufgestanden waren liess es sich Jackson nicht nehmen …

Melbourne, the second largest city in Australia and rival of Sydney - both in constant measuring, who is the most beautiful city. I have the answer... keep on reading ;-)


We stayed in Melbourne as couchsurfing guests with Alan, an older men in his early 60´s. Alan lives in Fitzroy, not far from the city center and he has been living …

For once, being up at 8am did not seem that big a challenge. Bags got thrown in storage, we checked out, grabbed a few slices of toast, left Virva to fend for herself, and got to the Southern Cross station. After finding a free tenner in a ticket machine, we payed $3.60 each for a single ticket within 'zone 1', then got on a northbound train ( …

It was an absolutely beautiful day today, so we decided to spend it right here in St. Kilda. On the first Saturday of every month, there is a market that is set up on about 3 blocks lining the beach, called the Esplande Market. This is where a lot of local painters, artistic medal workers, and the like set up camp for about 7 hours and sell some of …

We arrive at Singapore airport and by the time we checked in and grabbed some food and some bits from the duty free shop we had to head to our gates. Charlie and I were on separate flights so said our goodbyes once again and I made my way to my gate. The flight was awful. I am not a great flyer anyway but we had turbulence for about 2 hours and …

I flew to Melbourne with Tiger airways, and I'd been prewarned that they weren't the best, but the flight wasn't too bad in the end. It was a little weird landing then waiting for my bag in an outdoor shed, with no helpful information points or anything, but I figured out what I was doing in the ends, with the helpful advice of a couple of …

After a terrible night's sleep (I caught a cold and also let’s just say that Mani’s flatmates are rather "loud") we jumped on a tram to spend the day at St Kilda – one of Melbourne’s sea side suburbs.

The theme park Luna Park was closed so we spent the day at the beach and at the local shops. At night we had one …

So we have yet to update our blog about our Aussie adventures since we left NZ just before New Year. This is mainly because our time in Australia has included a lot of having a good time, going to the beach and generally enjoying the summertime. I am sure if I wrote a fully detailed blog about this all you frozen penguins back in England would not …

... in the process. Anyway, we were able to pay for a day ticket retrospectively... could have been worse, and we eventually found St Kilda Beach. We have moved into the studio (Unit 1, 52 Acland Street, St Kilda, Vic, 3182), which is just off the beach ...

... get on with finding their home - and it was amazing seeing them. Monday 17th January 2005 Caught the tram to St Kilda, a nice little beach resort, though the beach itself is only OK - I have seen so many better beautiful beaches ("During the ...

... an hour. The journey into Melbourne and then onto St Kilda felt really nice. Although I had previously only spent a couple of days in Melbourne, seeing the familiar sights (Melbourne skyline, the Espy, Luna Park & St Kilda beach) was very ...

... pies, Baileys (well the affordable version!), satsumas, peanuts and selection packs to aid our hangovers before we set off for St Kilda beach for an 'Aussie Christmas Dinner'. After a few hours of chat, guitar and some terrible rose wine we hit the ...

... time we returned to the Rotary meeting location, which happened to be the local German Club...so to recap we are in Melbourne Australia going to a rotary meeting in a German Club...got that??? Anyways, after we went to the meeting room which again was a ...

... district. Itch. Learning the nuances of cricket with our resident expert, Clemens. Scratch. Taking the metro rail to St. Kilda Beach for some sun. Itchy itch. Walking along the river front watching high schools practice rowing. Scratch ... bleed. ...

... !), but they are still pretty good. Then all the lads enjoyed a play in the communal pool! The next day I headed down to St Kilda beach to see what it was like (whilst Luke stayed in the flat and watched Champions League hi-lights..yawn!) and it was ...

... 's specklessly modern and effortlessly cool - the urban equivalent of a natty pair of Converse.  We had booked to stay in St Kilda in the South of the city, which boasts a decent size beach, numerous eateries and drinkeries and a healthy smattering ...

... peaking at 39 degrees (according to one of the little digital temperature signs outside of a shop) so we decided to go down to St Kilda Beach and spend some time in the sun. That was the plan anyway, as it turned out we got there and it was just a bit ...

... but recently been reading our daughters notes for us that she made about her trip to Oz and noted that when in Melbourne she lived in the area of St. Kilda. This was an easy route for us on the trams that run all over the city centre and outskirts of ...