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... to nap but decided hey we’re in Australia we can sleep later! So we took off walking and headed for Federation Square-what a vibrant lively city. The square wasn’t busy but then wouldn’t expect it to be for a Monday. Walked all along the Yarra River and watched the skullers and just watched the people. A bagpiper was playing Amazing Grace at the entrance to the railroad station-cool! Melbourne reminds me of a little of Paris with the river and the little ...

OK, so this is my first go at a blog so please bear with me. I will try to keep up with the heaven/hell of travelling with 2 small children but the whole experience may overwhelm me so we shall see...

So I'm in countdown mode. Passports - check! Visas - check! Flights booked - check! Hotels booked - check! (Normally I would just go with ...

... to the racecourse as quick as possible, I was officially the sweatiest racegoer in history by the time I finally arrived!


It was a really good day in the end, the weather was glorious, we sat on the grass next to the racecourse watching the horses and soaking up the sun. I got a bit too much sun at one point though and had to stop drinking alcohol because I thought I might puke from dehydration. So it was a ...

... tea and Tim, Tam's, gorgeous choccie bics we head out to the Yarra Valley and to Helesville animal sanctuary. So literally after 3 hours of landing in the country I am with kangaroo's, koala's, wombats, dingo's and many other native animals, I think now one of my most favourite animals is the Tazmanian red devil, they had some baby ones and they just looked so mischievous. The Koala altho one of the cutest animals, I have to say is just plain lazy, they are too ...

... so Danni and i went down Carlisle St for the afternoon just for some catching up. In the evening though Danni's little brother Jacob wanted to go see and AFL game with his mate Dylan and needed an adult to take them so invited us cool!! We were apparently supporting the Hawks (Hawks vs Essendon) and were sporting very lovely yellow and brown scarfs. Unfortunately we only got standing room so ended up sitting on some very cold steps. First thing to note about an AFL game is ...

... feiern. Es wurden zahlreiche atraktionen aufgebaut,unter anderem eine bmx-halfpipe, viele gewinnspiele, ein markt mit allem meoglichen troedel, unendlich viele essensbuden (auch ein stand der SUESSE Bretzeln verkauft hat-wirklich, normale bretzeln mit schokostreuseln oder puderzucker und nutella!-wer kommt denn bitte auf so eine geschmacksverirrung?!)..oder auch eine live modenschaun, eine kleine messe mit achterbahnen, beachvolleyball und viele ...

After a late night watching the footy, a lie in was required this morning. There's not much else to report today. We got the train to Brighton Beach in the after lunch and spent the afternoon down there. The beach is OK, but it's not the best. It was more like the UK version of Brighton beach...or maybe even Skegness (without the radioactivity of course!!). After getting ...

... not at all. We also did an excursion to a wonderful rainforest in the nearby area, to the Dandenong Ranges National Park at Sherbrooke, with so many beautiful colorful birds. Another day we went to see a 'Christmas comedy' play at a school (that was a cool thing!), and afterward we had dinner at Lygon Street. That's also a cool street with all that restaurants and bars. Well, as you see, I really totally like Melbourne. It's so much better than Sydney! :-)

... in fact St Kilda in Melbourne is a lot like Venice Beach in LA, so i loved it!! I called a friend i'd travelled with on the coast of california and after a tram ride along the beach and into the city centre we were soon re-united, and what better way to catch up than over beer, so thats what we did, we sat chatted and drank. Fantastic, there are some very very cool little bars, all hidden down little alleys that look dodgy but are filled with glorious locals, and ...