We went to the St. Kildas area of Melbourne yesterday.  Its only a 10 minute tram ride away from the house.  Its  a beachy backpacker area.  It was really good.  Its got rides by the beach and a street with great cafes and bars.  Its loads of really good cake shops including europes best cake shop.  They've all...

The plans are all made... everything has been paid for and now I'm getting excited.

Sunday, April 29, 2007 I think the whole of Melbourne is hungover today. The city seems to bending over into itself, gripped by wobbly insides, just hoping to find a nice quiet corner to stoop and die for little while. It's grey, cool and brittle out there. And I'm a small reflection of that today as well-I'm unsure if I'm projecting these Sunda...

The first few nights of our last visit to Melbourne were spent at Tim and Louise's in Brighton which was so nice to stay in a nice family home! We were so appreciative. We had a whole day shopping in Chadstone on Thursday (day before Gems bday) which was brill - we wernt in the slightest bit bored after 7 hours! Managed to get outfits for

In Melbourne for 3 days at a funky central hostel (one of the girls at the front desk was trying to explain some shots they have on a Thursday night with Redbull and I felt about 100 years old).  Me and M are definitely increasing the average age here but enjoying ourselves.  Went to the aquarium today and saw massive rays, sharks...

Well its all over.. my flight touched town at just after 8pm local time in Melbourne. Im finally home after two long months on the road around europe. I cant even begin to digest everything thats happened at the moment. Ive seen and learned and experienced so much, that id never have imagined before. Its quarter past midnight now though, so i gu...

I had a pretty good flight, apart from the silver button on the arm rest getting stuck in so my seat tipped back whenever I leant back. So I moved seat. Arrived to a huge queue through customs. Aussies are very picky about what you can take into their precious land! Poor Rich was the other side of the wall not knowing how much longer he had to w...

G'day from downunder, I have arrived in Australia and I'm in love...with the country, that is. Melbourne is so beautiful, I can't believe it's taken me this long to experience it! My first few days here have been a whirlwind. Karen has been awesome and we've been having too much fun together, going out and getting drunk every night, pretty much....

Onwards to Melbourne. See www.annas-big-adventure.blogspot.com

Melbourne is gorgeous. Too bad it's such a pain in the ass to get to. The combination of jet lag and sleep deprivation is doing funny things to my body and mind. My legs will suddenly feel like lead, and simple math has become a problem. Trying to calculate a 16 hour time difference is way more complicated than it should be. Being picked up at t...