Hotel Ibis Melbourne

... as the cheapest tickets went for nearly $150 (nearly 100 quid) and the most expensive for $1500 again not bad work if you can get it. Dancing around like a gold fish or swinging a bat at a ball and chasing after it for the weekend and people say the Americans are thick but whose paying them all that money. Another thing while its a slow news day and I'm padding to make it look as though I ...

... suppers at a place called Rosebud, and ate them on the quiet beach, watched by dozens of hopeful, but ultimately disappointed seagulls. <br><br>Later we stopped for a photo opportunity of a beautiful sunset. <br><br>Along the Freeway, there are a number of modern art objects to catch your interest as you drive along. One of these was a mock up of a hotel, which was lit up as we returned. See photos.

... switch which explained a lot) and floor to ceiling sash windows which proved priceless on the occasions I got back from a night out and then remembered I&#8217;d left my keys elsewhere. And of course on the occasional occasion when my house mate couldn&#8217;t be bothered to walk the extra 3 meters to the front door and my window was already open. It was apparently less effort to climb through that than exert the extra effort to reach the front door. Debatable in my opinion. <br> And ...

The Return Journey<br><br>Again, with the extra time, I decided to take the longer route back via some old (and new) friends rather than fly out as Aimee and Nat did. This route took me back to Byron Bay and Coffs Harbour, onto Sydney and to Melbourne via Temora, a small country town to see some friends.<br><br>Best Bits:<br><br>- Seeing my friends in Coffs Harbour (both the ...

... volume of high quality restaurants in the city is immense. Lucky to be here at the time of the comedy festival we caught a show at the town hall which was a rather unusual hat's off to the mighty boosh TV show in the UK and also took a trip to the MCG to see a quintessentially Australian AFL match, interestingly enough to see the reigning champions Hawthorn lose by 30 points.

... which would of been tragic! We set off on the tour bus all majorly excited and watched a documentary on the soap on the way to the t.v studios, they did a drive past the school they use for Erinsborough High,ahhh! Arrived at the studios and were greeted by a past cast member - Janelle! Eheh we all got off and pranced around the set having copius amounts of photos outside Carpenters Mechanics ...

... of another, closer place called Tipperary Springs. It is really dry in Australia right now and so a lot of the falls and rivers are pretty much gone. But they had a pump there which pumped up mineral water from the area. It's like a water tasting tour if your interested where you can go around to all these sites and taste the different water. The area itself there was really dried up though so we decided to go on one of the walks that started from there. We took the 40 ...

We arrived in Melbourne, Australia on Dec 15 and stayed till Dec 20th. We stayed with Rasanayagam and Pirie family. This includes Kalyani's cousin and Puvi and his wife Saku. Also includes Tanuja, Lance and Jeshua. Jeshua is a two year old and he is very intelligent and cute. He got along very well with Kiran. During this part of the trip we were joined by Kiran ...

... was beautiful and we all looked great if I do say so myself! And basically we just had such a brilliant day at the races. None of the horses that I bet on won but Sarah and Claire both won a bit and it didnt matter anyway coz the atmosphere was deadly! And after the races we headed to PJ O'Briens Irish bar which is a cool bar that Sarah and I both have been ...