City Centre Budget Hotel Melbourne

... who do not travel read only one page."
- St. Augustine

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
- Mark Twain

(Thanks to BraveNewTraveler and their readers for the addition of more quotes!)

... sorted and rail passes decided that'd be great.

Had dinner at Hofbrahaus Melbourne tonight for Cat's return. Didn't manage to finish the pork shank again ... feel sick ... haven't eaten this much since I came back from Sydney and Canberra. Will decide to have an extra long walk with Bobby tomorrow. Sara suggested I keep a log of my weight here to see if I manage to lose 10kgs in 10 weeks .. hmmm ... we'll see.

... in and so it was less of a chore training them as opposed to some of the delinquents we got in for training in Melbourne who you just knew weren’t going to last. Except the down side to that was more newly made friends to say goodbye to at the end of the day.
And then that penultimate day came. A particularly windy, hilly one but between me and my new person we smashed the sales out with a personal best (PB) from the new girl and a weeks PB for myself as I picked up team ...

After all the traveling around Australia knowing that we had 10 days to enjoy Melbourne was a comforting feeling. In those 10 days we enjoyed some highlights that the city had to offer. Shopping, shopping and even some shopping. Chapel St was the perfect location to find a dress for the wedding. The cheap valet parking at the new Doncaster Mall was a nice touch. And the city ...

28th The days here now are hot, seriously hot. It really does mean you can't do much and these few days are spent between the pool and the TV room and the local Malls which are the only source of air-conditioning available to us. We potter about and achieve a little on the computer in terms of planning for the future. It seem obvious to us after having made some enquiries that coming back here to do the second years working holiday visa is delaying us doing what we want to in life ...

We arrived at Melbourne Airport to be greeted by our great friends Michael and Libby, two Australians back from their home in London for Christmas. Within minutes of getting into their car they told us they were putting on a BBQ for dinner back at theirs - we were definitely in Australia!! The next day we explored Melbourne - a large, lively, cosmopolitan city. In addition to the tram system, what stuck us immediately was ...

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... Cambodge - Les "mysterieuses citees d'or" de l'Asie Une semaine en Macedoine - Voir la grand mere de Marija et faire du ski Une semaine du cote de Florence et Venise - Retrouvailles avec ma "petite" soeur Helene, culture et romantisme Deux semaines de marathon pour voir du monde - Barcelone (Clav et Anthonella) / Nice (Nico et Angel, David) / Lyon (Lionel) / Dijon (la grand mere de Joel) / Paris (plein de monde) / Nancy (la tante de ...