The Greenhouse Backpacker Melbourne

Sorry for the lack of updating, the problem is im just staying at a seaside resort it seems so the past few days have involved, swimming tanning and reading on the beach, and seeing free live music at what i would now call my local the Espy bar, along with the drink offers they have downstairs, so its pretty much been the samy all week, o woe! i dont think i can take it anymore :D From Monday we move into Melbourne to a fantastic hostel called the Gardens, and true to its name has a garden, b...

Now I'm going back in my memory banks to do this one since I was in Melbourne from December 13 until the 19. It ended up being a longer period than I had planned, and I'm so glad it worked out as it did. I may not have quite so many picts from this portion of my trip because I didn't do quite as much sightseeing. I had just come off an intense tour of the Great Ocean Road and was ready for a bit of relaxation. I also discovered Melbourne is a gorgeous city that I just really enjoyed walking a...

Today we arrived in Melbourne, from a 4 day trip from Sydney. We met a Dutch guy called Jasper that was travelling to Melbourne so we decided to share petrol costs. We spent the first night in Batemans Bay, where we met some very hospitable but crazy Australians. One of them was an ex- pro basketball player. (He showed us his custom made shoes, we weren't very impressed.) I'm glad we had to leave after one night though because they seemed very offended every time we turned down their offers o...

So yes, this weekend truly did start on a Tuesday, that is we started by playing land mines in Shauna's room to start her birthday celebration.  Shauna ended the night by falling down the stairs and catching the ground with her face.  Yeah she had a nice black eye and a pretty big sized cut on her forehead.  So we left for Melbourne Wed evening and went out into the city that night, we partied on the rooftop of a club that we had to walk up about 20 flights of stairs to get there but it was w...

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Am 17. Oktober sind wir dann nach unserm schoenen 20stuendigen Flug in Melbourne angekommen. Melbourne ist die Hauptstadt des australischen Bundesstaates Victoria und hat 3,5 Millionen Einwohner. Das bekamen wir gleich nach unserer Ankunft zu spueren, denn in der ganzen Stadt war am 8 Uhr morgens ein ziemliches Gewusel :-)! Dann kam unser "Einfuehrungs-Crashkurs" (er war wirklich kurz, dafuer dass knapp 2 tage von Work and Travel einkalkuliert waren)-ging naemlich keine 2 Stunden. Dann hatten...

Our Singapore Airlines flight SQ227 touched down at Melbourne Airport at 7am, just in time to see the city wake up. 2 hours to get past customs, we werer checked and screened. Not for drugs or bombs, but for food and soil. Australia has strict rules on quarantine on various products. For example, a parasite that could have been picked up on a walk in Asia, may now be stuck to the side of your trainers - could wipe out those cuddly Koala's for good. We arrived at our hostel (the greenhouse bac...

Monday 24 April - Friday 28 April (and slightly beyond...) John, Laila, Lynsay and I headed back to Melbourne on the Monday. We decided to stay at the Greenhouse hostel, the same one we had stayed in before, for our two nights in the city. When we got there John headed off to do some email stuff and us 3 girls went to have some lunch and then go in search of Brunswick Street to see some cool shops. Brunswick Street is an alternative strip of shops which reminded me a lot of The Lanes in Brigh...

Hier geht mein Abenteuer nach 26,5 Stunden Flug endlich los :)