Jackson's Manor Melbourne
53 Jackson St., St Kilda Melbourne, Victoria, 3182, Australia
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Arrive Melbourne
I ended up spending 10 days or so in or around Melbourne. Arriving into Melbourne at 5am after an overnight bus would have been traumatic had it not been for my mate Emma who had arrived the night before and booked a bed for me at the un manor like Jackson's Manor. Nice dorm where we met some lovely German girls Anna and Katrin but filthy bathrooms …
Melbourne - it's time for some real city fun!
20th June 2006 After a good flight that consisted of moi (Zoe) gassing to a man the whole way there and Jem catching flies, we landed in the freezing cold that was Melbourne. We were shivering and it was such a shock compared to the humidity of Singapore. We roamed the streets of St Kilda for a while and eventually found our way to Jackson's Manor …
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Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road
... starts to watch the sunrise/beat the heat we were both pretty shattered so we just relaxed at the hotel watching Oz destroy India in the cricket. We then ventured out to explore, Melbourne centre was just how Rob remembered it, loads of cool independent shops, very friendly and chilled. We had spotted an advert for a rooftop cinema so wandered over to get tickets. Unfortunately it was sold out but upon speaking to the box office and saying we were only there for one ...
Change of plans
... at Nandos followed by a drive around the city including the Formula One track.
New Year’s festivities started at the Standard Hotel Pub with more than a few jugs of Carlton Draught (pretty good for beer) and then a walk into the city for a fireworks display. Being in the city gave me an idea of how diverse the local population is. Melbourne is a truly cosmopolitan city and it is why the city is such a fun and interesting place to ...
Night Market
... a beer watching the boats sail right past us. We also went to a roof top Cider bar which had artificial grass on the floor which was strangely cool. I had my first Oz summer strawberry cider which was lovely.
We then met Leah at the train station and then walked to the night markets where we had some food and then wandered around the stalls eating ice-cream before catching the train ...


