Greetings from down under! I've been in Melbourne almost a week now (since Thursday morning) and having a great time. The weather is much colder though - good at times cos im not constantly sweating but at times its like being in england when the wind picks up! We are staying at a place called Barclay in St Kilda, which 15 minutes out of town on...

whoooooohooooooo! Well the train journey was fun - got leg room but was told off for movin seats so we could seat next to our mate - apparently the train wasa full, which absolute balls coz it wasnt at all but anyway we arrive in melbourne after not really much sleep - back pack is well heavy and a somehow managed to fill 2 more bags as well! Go...

So I got a job today!! It's working for Sales Force, I was told about it through the temp agency i'm with Geoffrey Nathan. They told me the job was telesales but it's actually going to Universities and selling a magazine called "Age". The pay is $19 an hour plus commission so i'm definately not complaining!! I start training tomorrow at 12. This...

Nice looking city and way more cosmopolitan than anywhere else we've been in Oz.

I'd planned to be up early to get a much needed haircut today but end up sleeping in again. Eventually I get out the hostel and head down towards Acland Street to try to find a Barbers which turns out to be quite easy. I've now been waiting long when it's my turn and I'm called to the chair by a woman with a mullet. Never a good start in a barbe...

Never mind popping down to Carr Gate in your car - we grow our own Christmas trees in Oz! Do you remember those kits you used to buy where you add water to a bit of card and a crystal flower grows in a few days? Well, I got Jon one of them but instead of a flower it's a Christmas tree. So today he started the process in the hope it'll be ready f...

Melbourne Melbourne is een stad naar mijn hart: groot maar intiem, veel groen in de straten, veel kleine steegjes met pitoreske eetcaféetjes en loungebarretjes, overal muziek, goeie muziek en voor het eerst in Australië een kopje fatsoendelijke koffie! This city brings back memories (weekeindje Brussel met Maartje), helaas woel ik in Melbourne d...

We are spending four days in Melbourne before heading out on a three day journey to Adelaide via the Great Ocean Road. Melbourne is a very liveable city. It feels very North American. It also has an English influence (obviously.) There are some nice parks and gardens and the city isn't too big. There is definitely more life in this place than in...

Today saw us embark on the first of the three daytrips that we've got booked for our time in Melbourne, fortunately this one didn't involve having to get up early. After a shower we walked to the main part of the hostel, where we spotted our cat sound asleep on the lap of another backpacker (bloody traitor that he was!). We got picked up at 10.4...

My flight over from Christchurch, NZ to Melbourne, Australia was a rather uneventful one. There was some sort of movie on modern day Maori life that had me in tears at the end. I ended up switching seats to get some more leg room and sat next to a guy who was from New Zealand but had lived in Australia for 15 years and was on his way over for a ...