Home At Flinders Melbourne

... Anyways, we sort of got the point of the street festival and left after a couple of hours instead of spending the whole night. We also went to a Hip-Hop festival earlier that day at The Arts Center, which held break dancing performances, b-boy battles, and freestyle cyphers. Melbourne is a diverse city with a lot going on, so I'll keep you updated as we get to know it better...

Next Stop: Undetermined, we like Melbourne!!!

... formations; except their are only seven of them left as there were only eight of them to begin with! The GOR is very pretty, but I have to admit I was a little disappointed. Had expected to be blown away by the scenery, as its meant to be one of the most spectacular drives in the world, but it was a little underwhelming. The surf along the coast though is incredible; we saw 5ft waves along the whole way.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia lexmarshall

another touristy day in store today, i went to the tour of the old melbourne gaol where ned kelly wsa kept,
there was a cool performance by a girl depiciting his mothers versian of the story, then, YOU HAVE A wander around the gail itself,
after that i went into the court room, and the re0enactment of the trial was about to commence, so i sat down in that, which was a lot of fun too, it was all done by the visitors, and the crowd were told ...

... hit me. The f'ing wave crushed me like a linebacker and how the hell I kept my feet I have no idea. Although very cold, invigorating and exciting, I was lucky as hell that this wave didn't knock me off my feet and sweep me into the crevasse about 20 feet below. To be truthful, it was funny as hell, and birnie captured it on video - but after the event, I really could have been severely injured and perhaps worse had I slipped down into the gully. At this ...

... off of the living room, and also the big screen TV, I quite liked crashing there, not to mention it was rent-free. Shael, a Canadian, who rode his bike across a large expanse of China was back from the adventure, and conveniently Georgia, a Brisbane girl who lives in the house, was off to Senegal for a month for her mining job. So about two days ago I moved my stuff into her room, and was even more happy to have my own space again and a very comfortable bed with clean ...

... Chinese restaurant. To see another side of the city we went to a local bar / music venue where a live band tried their hand at Indie Rock. We were entertained by the various outfits sported. The female drummer looked most becoming with her Bjorn Borg headgear. The next morning we tried rather hard to get up and away before 9:00, and nearly succeeded. After catching the train to Flinders Street we headed to the information centre in ...

... the building at the 88th floor, so you can see through the bottom of the box to the floor. And indeed, this is quite an experience, living on the Edge. After this experience I needed more exercise and rented a bike. Melbourne is split by the Yarra river. I cycled up the river to the Yarra Bend Park . It was a surprising ride, very green, not expecting the city to be at the edge of the valley. Enjoyed it.

... Just another big city really. I'm staying on Collins street which is the heart of downtown. But, I'm not really a city girl. There's a Tiffany's and Louis Vuitton across the street. There are tons of 7-Elevens, Lush, The Body Shop, etc. Not very exciting really... Upon checking into the Novotel on Collins, I went for a walk in an effort to find Jimmy Watson's wine bar. After about 3 miles, I kicked it and settled on a little place in Block Arcade right by my hotel ...

... to London, letting us finish off our beers in our own time and unlocking the doors for us because we were the last out. As the ad goes, what a refreshing change!

I walked/staggered back to the hostel, and don't remember much else, although Katie is trying to tell me that I woke her up when I got back and stole all the sheets! Heinous ...