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Shrimps on the Barbie and new Year Cheer!
Jan 3, 2008
(21 photos)
"We arrived in Melbourne to cold and wet weather and grey skies all day - Charlie was not happy and was immediately missing Fiji, going around in her fleece (pulled out from the bot ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
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Land Down Under!
Apr 10, 2008
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"I get into Melbourne and find my way to my hotel where I want to crash for a few hours but am unable to check in and have to just drop off bags instead. I do a walking tour o ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
madman96
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The Dream
Jan 3, 2007
(2 photos)
"In just under 3 weeks we will fly out of Melbourne to Bangkok on our way to India and then Nepal...this is the first entry of our travelogue and how we decided on this trip as part ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
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Road trip part 2 - Adelaide to Melbourne
Mar 6, 2008
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"This part of the trip was to take us five days in total. Aha... and here we arrive in wine tasting country, well, one of the many wine regions that the country has to offer. P ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
marshallmatters
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Off we go
Nov 9, 2007
"Our trip started with a pleasant jaunt down to Melbourne. We left our house in the safe hands our the wonderful Kate and Doug, and off we went. We reached the airport with plenty o ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
guykb
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Eb's Almost Leaving...
May 22, 2007
"Well people, here 'tis: my (our) foray into blogging. I've got 9 days left on the clock 'til I fly out to Zurich and I think I've just about got things in order. I *think*. Saving ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
elsewhere
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Flight to Melbourne
Apr 28, 2007
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"4-28-2007 Flight to Melbourne We woke up to another cloudy and ugly day in Christchurch so needless to say we were ready for a change. We headed over to th ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
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Money Running out... Must get job !!!!
Sep 29, 2006
"We had a 300k drive down the Hume Highway and we arrived in Melbourne. We already had decided we were going to stay in Melbourne for a while and get a job to fund the next stage of ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
paulandciara
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City of Culture & Canberra
Dec 12, 2007
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"It had been 16 months since we last saw Danny our son & Kate his partner, so we were very excited at having breakfast with him on our first day (Kate was out rounding up roo's ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
mills01480
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I have bought a ticket and a suitcase!
Mar 14, 2007
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"I have bought a ticket and a suitcase! The Browns - those extremely generous friends from long ago Monash days who have invited me along with them - are having farewell drinks. The ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
jbushie
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Great Ocean Road and Melbourne
Jun 6, 2006
(15 photos)
"Well thought it was about time that I updated the blog again...this time with some photos!! I am loving Melbourne, its laid back style, the multitude of coffee shops that all serve ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
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We're off to see the wizard...
Apr 23, 2007
"Alex: We have finally got to Melbourne and the magical Oz. Melbourne is a great city, we did a lot more wandering, which usually ended up with us sat in a lovely street cafe eating ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
alexndean
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Tram Town
Dec 6, 2006
"Took a Firefly bus to Melbourne in the morning after not wanting to hang around waiting on someone with a car to head my way although it does mean having to backtrack from Melbourn ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
alasdairm
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This place is AMAZING!
Mar 7, 2007
(22 photos)
"Hello there ladies and gentlemen. It's been a while since I was last writing on these humble pages, but I've been a very busy boy. I've been in Melbourne for nearly 2 weeks now, an ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
bobsonthegreat
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Bright lights, big city
Apr 10, 2006
"Goodbye New Zealand, hello Australia. I've arrived in the land of Oz, and am feeling quite like Dorothy (but without the ruby slippers). After a month in a country barely bigger th ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
segacs
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A strange and hectic last few months in OZ
Nov 2, 2006
(35 photos)
"Well Hi to you all,... It has yet again, been a while since our last entry! But like a midget in a urinal - we were just keeping you on your toes! A fair bit has happened in the la ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
loudan1979
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Out of unfriendly Sydney, now in Melbourne
Dec 16, 2006
"To say the least I am very happy to be out of Sydney for I didn't enjoy my time there at all. It is a shame that some international visitors only step foot in Sydney for this place ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
shanewilson
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Eastern Living
Feb 25, 2007
(25 photos)
"After the long train ride across the vast emptiness that is middle Australia, and then the solitary week-long drive along the Limestone Coast and then the Great Ocean Road all the ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
charmedlife
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Melbourne is cold but cool!
Apr 30, 2006
"Get our Jetstar (another cheapie) flight to Melbourne. Weather similar here unfortunately but have been v lucky in the last few days. Get bus into town and our hotel 'The Miami' wh ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
emanddave
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The Living City
Aug 14, 2005
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"Thankfully, I didn't sleep through my alarm, as it would have been quite annoying to miss my flight. Instead, I woke up every hour to check the time until it did eventually sound a ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
rich
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Everybody needs good Neighbours
Dec 25, 2006
(88 photos)
"OH Dear, behind in the blogs again and have to through my mind back to Melbourne...... ..right last blog was the grampians...so...argh yes back to Melbourne and Xmas. So we arrived ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
hodge
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Melbourne
Jan 24, 2006
(21 photos)
"Melbourne 1/23/06 Another travel day - this time from the Westin Sydney to the Westin Melbourne, not a bad trip. We made it into Melbourne just fine, picked up our rental car and s ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
scott_and_amy
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Australia - Melbourne
May 25, 2006
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"Day 1 Up and out of Geelong by 10am we completed the drive to Melbourne (another couple of hours). Our first port of call was to find some accomodation so we located the nearest Bi ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
gonetilwhenever
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Six weeks to go!
Sep 13, 2005
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"Well we are finally getting there. About four months ago we created a list of everything that needed to be done before we left on our big trip. We are finally starting to get there ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
eatdessertfirst
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Last stop in Oz! Can you believe it??!!
Nov 12, 2006
(6 photos)
"Sydney is a great city, it was of course crawling with so many vistors there for the same reason as ourselves to see all the amazing sights, we did however manage to get some solit ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
alinmattrtw2005
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Final Destination
Jan 28, 2007
(35 photos)
""The dead only know one thing - it is better to be alive" -- Full Metal Jacket The last morning of our journey, Lola wouldn't start - her battery was simply having none of it. We t ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
foolsgold
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The Great Race
Nov 1, 2005
"Hi all, Welcome to my travelogue, and the first of (no doubt!) many entries. Hopefully they will, like a well-tuned novel, keep you entranced and reading until the very last p ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
el_condor
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Long Walk Round Town
Feb 23, 2006
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"After the walk around Albert Park yesterday it seemed feasible to walk into Melbourne city centre so Dave and I set off to see the sights. The walk was far longer than I expected, ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
rbisset
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Big up to the (south)East Coast Massive
Jan 19, 2006
(40 photos)
"Aaiiiiiiii!! Hear me now. Me and me homies (and me Ho) decided to experience some scenery and nature and shit so we 'opped into me motor and ah fuck it, too much effort!! When Higg ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
fiandrob
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Masters of Melbourne!
May 15, 2006
(26 photos)
"G'day everyone! Welcome to sunny Melbourne! O, wait, no its not, its freezing! About 8 degrees actually. Cold enough to give me a stinking cold anyway! Well, after National Jack El ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
jackandandrew
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Soaking up the cold in Melbourne!
Aug 12, 2004
(7 photos)
"Oh no... got knocked out by a really heavy cold in Melbourne :-( But for what I did do and the day that Emma and Anthony organised for me, it wasn't wasted. I also managed to spend ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
ramdux
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Adelaide to Melbourne via The Great Ocean Road
Dec 23, 2005
(17 photos)
"Adelaide. If Adelaide were a country, we're sure it could give Finland serious competition as the fair hair, blue eyed capital of the world. Our first day in Adelaide, and a visit ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
marc-patty
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Great Ocean Rd - Some Photos
May 2, 2005
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"Hi all, first photos from new digital camera, these are from my two day trip on the Great Ocean Road ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
hughie
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Melbourne and some superb scran!!
Mar 17, 2006
(6 photos)
"Well, me and Tom landed on our feet for sure this week! We were staying with Tom's aunt Cathy and her family in a suburb of Melbourne called Mooroolbark. We got 5* treatment - trip ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
hels_belles
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Melbourne
Aug 25, 2003
(3 photos)
"Leaving Sydney bound for Melbourne proved difficult as the rail tracks and main roads had to be cleared so we were forced to stop on route at the capital Canberra. We made the most ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
m-and-c
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World Cup and Uni Cities
Jun 27, 2006
(12 photos)
"With crumbling finances, a world cup to watch and a trip back to England planned, we have tried to keep things on the down low as much as possible over the last few weeks. We went ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
mills-mcshea
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home
May 14, 2006
"we are home.... will fill in the gaps in the next few days/weeks... already the trip is taking on a dreamlike quality (after being on australian soil for a few hours) and it doesn' ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
mhaebich
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G'dday
Jan 14, 2006
(13 photos)
"Arrhhh Melbourne, Australia's second largest city finally pokes its head above our road trip horizon. Today being Sunday we arrived with ease where roads were empty and there was a ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
pidgeandpie
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Melbourne Melbourne, My Kind of Town.
Oct 25, 2005
(4 photos)
"Back in Melbourne on a monday morning for work. That's Nikki and Ben, not me, I've got a city to explore. I caught the train into "Work" at some point mid-morning and immediately s ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
irax
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Resting and relaxing
Mar 13, 2006
(6 photos)
"I love Melbourne. My Mum lives in a fabulous place near Lygon Street and a walk away from the city centre. Fantastic. I love staying there. I miss having animals so another good th ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
lucinate
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"Why Don't You Just Play For 'Em, Umpire?"
Sep 3, 2005
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"The flags are waving and people are cheering themselves hoarse and everyone's decked out with their team colours written large on their faces: and that's just in the streets of Mel ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
wanderlustcat
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Melbourne Grand Prix,.......... GO, GO, GO!
Mar 6, 2005
(9 photos)
"2nd March 2005 We dropped Laura and Fran off in Newtown (as this was the only place they could get to stay due to the Gay Mardi Gras being on at the weekend), and we headed off to ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
tonyandsarah
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Not doing much in Melbourne
Jan 29, 2005
(3 photos)
"I have been in Melbourne for about a month now. I am staying with my Mum, Grandmother, and 2 brothers and I have had the opportunity to see Mark Douglas, Chuck, Dan and other frien ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
paul
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Touch Down in Melbourne
Mar 21, 2005
"We arrived in Melbourne at the rather silly hour of 3:30 Perth time (6:30 in Melbourne), so we didn't get much sleep. Martin kept watch (and went for smokes) while I passed out on ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
kimandmartin
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Melbourne, Oz
Jan 19, 2005
(13 photos)
"Well we left the palatial kingdom in Manly, to explore Melbourne. Well our visit to the city was an impressive one, we really liked the feeling of the place. It is quite a busy pla ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
martinandheike
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Road Trip! Everbody in the Van!!!
Apr 24, 2005
(23 photos)
"So we piled into our campervan in a small suburb of Sydney to start our south-westerly trek to Melbourne and beyond. Few small problems: Wrong side of the car, wrong side of the ro ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
onceinalifetime
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Onto Melbourne and no Bed!!!!
Feb 18, 2005
"Left Sydney at 6:30pm for a 12 hour night coach to Melbourne.....I had no sleep but plenty of music to keep me company whilst my brain was thinking overtime of way too many things ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
whereiscliffy
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Melbourne Madness!
May 29, 2005
(3 photos)
"So finally we arrived in Melbourne late afternoon in one piece although suffering mild effects from the g-force from Paul's driving! I was attempting to direct him through the city ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
dawn_smedley
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Wilsons Promontory to Melbourne
May 2, 2005
(5 photos)
"Having arrived in Turoa late the night before we didn't actually get to Wilsons Promontory National Park until today. Sitting on the benches deciding what walk to do we realised th ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
carolandthomas
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Day 204-210: Melbourne
Apr 10, 2005
"Monday 04/04/05: Got up just before 10 and packed up to move rooms, hadn't really unpacked much knowing that I was going to have to move rooms this morning. In the ended I ended up ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
pauldwade
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Lattes and Art and stufff
Jan 25, 2004
"A quick early morning flight with Virgin Blue took me to Melbourne to visit a friend for two weeks. It's a nice easy flight from Sydney and the clear summer air gave me a great vie ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
vandall
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I'm Ghan back down south
Jan 22, 2004
(8 photos)
"Sunday January 18th Alice Springs sprung up in the 1860s upon the completion of the overland telegraph linking the cities in the south to Darwin in the north, and from there to Lon ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
dazzla
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It's Wednesday, so it must be Melbourne
Oct 14, 2004
(5 photos)
"I woke up thinkng that 'It's Wednesday, so it must be Melbourne'. Alternatively, I could have thought 'It's raining, so it must be Melbourne'. Whatever, it was definitely Melbourne ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
hilarya
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Melbourne
Sep 27, 2004
(7 photos)
"Monday 27 September, Le Meridien at Rialto, Melbourne Arrive in Sydney at 6:00 AM feeling horrible. Get pulled over and the full bottom inspection, virtue of the terrible looking p ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
kimandpercy2004
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Kangaroos and Emus...
Oct 11, 2005
(13 photos)
"After 14mths of travel we have finally reached "the land down under" as Men At Work used to sing... Our first stop was Melbourne where we stayed for a week with Jenny, a friend who ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
worldofbintang
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First day in Oz and its bloody raining!
Dec 13, 2004
(10 photos)
"Ever since I was young I have wanted to visit Australia, partly to follow in my parents footsteps (they lived here for 3 years in the seventies), and also because I wanted to exper ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
mattmcshane
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Fun City
Jul 11, 2004
"I've been in Melbourne since Saturday July 3 and I've been staying with my friend since I've arrived. Her family has been wonderful to me and helped me get adjusted to Australia an ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
ajpeel
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Melbourne in a Nutshell
Nov 12, 2004
(7 photos)
"Our hostel is in South Melbourne, which is a 15min walk from the city centre. Melbourne city centre is a lot larger than Adelaide but with lots more parks/gardens surrounding it. T ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
shonandgraham
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The coast and the capital
Dec 17, 2003
"As I only have 8 days left in the country now, it's time for some serious speed getting round the other major cities and "must-sees" that I've spent most of the time in Australia b ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
vicki
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ppppick up a penguin
Sep 30, 2004
(2 photos)
"Not having much time in Melbourne until we leave Australia for Asian shores we decided that we needed to prioritise and visit the most important sites of the city. Therefore we hop ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
wordsworths
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S.A.K.s In The City
May 14, 2004
"Only a hobo but one more is gone Leaving nobody to sing his sad song. Leaving nobody to carry him home. He was only a hobo but one more is gone. The bus up to Bangkok wasn't great. ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
siscri
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Penguins, Koala's, Tennis and Speed Fines!
Jan 15, 2005
(9 photos)
"Saturday 15th January 2005 The grand tour of Melbourne today, starting at the stately Parliament house, onto the Cathedral, to Flinders gardens, Captains Cooks House (his original ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
shaunduvall
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A Tale of Two Cities at War
Jun 9, 2004
(9 photos)
"It was time for Melbourne to be stood up and counted against its big brother up the coast. It was only 50 years ago that Melbourne could proudly call itself the daddy of Australian ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
escapetherace
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Melbourne, 12 Apostles and The Yarra
Dec 5, 2004
"Sun Nov 14th Day 201 In a country that has turned ordering a beer into a mensa memory test for the flit about traveller (there are 3 standard glass sizes, known by different names ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
leeandcathy
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Platypus Lust
Nov 27, 2003
(2 photos)
"Thursday morning we trudge uphill to the Kyneton station for a V-Line to Melbourne. There's something almost cinematic about travel by rail, as if the farmland and towns are projec ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
mbgower
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Chapter 14: Powderfingerland
Dec 4, 2003
(5 photos)
"I made a dangerous discovery in Dunedin. Apparently in this part of the world it's possible to buy large quantities of codeine-enhanced ibuprofen (sp?) over-the-counter without any ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
easyread
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Back to Oz!
Oct 25, 2004
(6 photos)
"After spending a few days in the company of the Clenshaw clan, i left for Christchurch where i spent one night in a hostel before catching my flight to Melbourne. The flight was ok ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
jeffs
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Trying to get a beer on New Year
Jan 2, 2004
"***************************** Sunday 28th December Melbourne: Great to be back in a metropolis after all the natural wonder and parochial towns of New Zealand. Ended up in the inne ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
supertrampz
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Hello Possums
Feb 2, 2004
(2 photos)
"A... Many people we spoke to in Sydney assured as that we'd find Melbourne has a much more English feel to it. This has certainly been true; it's been cold, windy and wet. Thankful ..."
A travel blog entry from Melbourne by
ad_n_caz
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