Charlotte's Australasia Top Five By far and away the best thing about visiting this part of the world was spending time with family and friends in Australia. It was so lovely to see everyone and have some time just being able to relax with familiar company, hearing everyone's news and enjoying a few home comforts! However, as this was an excepti...
I landed in Melbourne yesterday after a LONG (22 hour) flight. It wasn't as terrible as I thought it was going to be. I was lucky and got a seat in the emergency exit row. Plenty of leg room. Until Hong Kong I watched movies. From HK to Melbourne I slept. I recommend Qantas very highly - the service was execll...
Being on holidays has really increased my appetite to travel again... so much so that I'm in the early stages of planning my next trip... not a long one, a 6 week trip at the end of the year. I'm thinking of going to Mexico and Central America. Given my tight time constraints, I'm thinking of going with GAP again. They have a good 32...
I have the first week of classes under my belt and feel really good about the next few months of Uni. I think I have chosen four excellent courses for my first semester and know I will learn a great deal. My professors are all fantastic, and I have a real variety in my classroom environment (my classe...
So today we packed our lunches and jumped the tram to Melbourne Park to go support Andy Murray in the Australian Open. We got ground passes for $29 which get us into every court apart from the main one and Murray is on the third court so it should all be good. We get down to Melbourne Park around 1pm, its a hot one today with not a cloud i...
Just a few observations about the complete lottery process of ordering a beer here in Australia - so complicated it's unbelievable. There are 3 main measures that a beer is sold in and they are: a pint, a pot (half-pint) and a schooner (somewhere between a pot and a pint). That all sounds quite simple, you say. Not so. In New South...
A day and a half being plenty of time in Canberra, I head out overnight to Melbourne (about 9hrs by bus). I arrive early in the morning, and eventually meet up with my friend from Paris, with whom I stay for about 5 days (Thanks Emily and family!) On my own I check out the CBD (Central Business District), its nearby neighbourhoods, the zoo, and ...
Ali came down and joined me in reception at about 7am on Monday and we headed off to the bus station. Think we were still drunk when we got on the bus but we had a good night so I guess that's all that counts! There were only 6 people on our bus (1 Irish, 1 English, 2 Canadian, 1 German and me). We had another picture bus called Buzz who had Koa...
After over five months on the road, what we both needed was to spend some time in one place and not have to carry our bags around for a while. Luckily because of good friends Linda and Peter in Melbourne, this was possible - we both really appreciated having a home from home - thanks!! We stayed in South Melbourne, central to pretty much everyth...
