Causeway Inn On The Mall Melbourne

... the GOR via Torquay (a surfer's shopping paradise) and took in a couple of photo stops at Urquart’s Bluff (where I tried Vegemite for the first and last time!) and Cape Patton before passing through Lorne (where an Iron Man competition was in full flow) and then stopping off at Apollo Bay for a lunch break. Apollo Bay is a typically Aussie seaside village and had a golf course ...

... experimenting with Tiger and Jetstar! Reasonable headphones, pillow and blanket on every seat - no extra outlay. Very reasonable food that kept on coming. With drinks. At no extra cost... Pleasant cabin crew. On time. No broken luggage.

We flew quite a distance hugging the Great Australian bite before turning right over Western Australia. Over red desert with long, rocky ridges that looked like a an iguana's spikes from 36,000 feet up. Directly ...

Yesterday was the public holiday of the Melbourne Cup which is a horse race that has been around since 1861. You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_ Cup
People don't have work that tuesday and they often get dressed up and watch the races at the track or a pub or like us at Federation Square. At Fed Square they have a giant screen and played the race. It surprised me that it only lasted a few minutes and then was ...

... view at nightime is unreal. It was very very pretty.

This is a story about the best **** in the world, that I have found so far. So what you need to do is go to the Sofitel Hotel in melbourne. Take the ride on the elevator up to the 35th floor. Go find the bathrooms and when you do you will be rewarded with a fantastic view of melbourne. Use the very last urinal and there is nothing between you and a great view except a huge glass window.

Today I didn't realy have much of a plan, perhaps take a wander around the city. However, I learnt that there was a market on Queens Street, a good one apparently. After a short stroll I arrived at the market, which was mighty impressive, the scale of the marketplac and number of stalls is crazy!!! I went and had a look around at the Australian souvenirs, but there was something for everyone, clothes, fruit and veg stalls, meat stalls, the whole kit and caboodle ...

... in relation to arts, sports, music, don't find this in Canada. Because we are so remote from the rest of the world, we create this culture. Also, she has come to the conclusion that Australians are very similar to Canadians, something she would never had thought.

But there are differences and so we explored these in greater detail, and the below is the conclusions that were made ...

... are winding down now. I have finished work in the restaurant and was supposed to have a nother week in the cafe however a recent trip to the hospital has changed those plans! nothing serious though. So yeh me and erin are now looking to get out of Melbourne asap and head up to Sydney for a few days then off up the Gold Coast to Brisbane to meet Pamela as she left for New Zealand on Sunday there. Can't wait to get on the move again!!!

Melbourne and Sydney have a great rivalry and most people have a favourite. For me it's definitely Melbourne: cooler, friendlier and with a much better vibe. So I was looking forward to heading back to Melbourne, the scene of much drunken behaviour a few years back. After a couple of days relaxing at my brother Chelone's house and running in Albert Park, we hit the Great Ocean Road which is a very nice drive ...

... you don't know what petrol means) option, more kilometres to go far and beyond, extra insurances.....jeez!!! just give me the keys! we drove directly to the island and we arrived right on time for dinner and see the penguins coming back to land from fishing, they bring the food to breed the little ones, who are awaiting totally excited and running all over the place. We were right in the middle of all of this, they looked clumsy but they wore a nice tail coat on that ...

... the two fantastic cathedrals - St. Patrick's and St. Paul's. I also attended Mark's dinner party in North Melbourne and had a wonderful time. The dinner and conversations with Mark and his friends would turn out to be my best time and experience in Melbourne. Finally, the next morning, Mattieu, the French backpacker I met in Adelaide, arrived in Melbourne. I had been expecting him. It would have been nice if the backpacker place had told everyone ...