Novotel Melbourne Glen Waverley

... Park St in the next suburb over. So by the time I walked into the interview, stressed and not knowing what to expect and then I found out it was doing the exact same thing as the previous job I’d turned down I relaxed and thought to myself well even if I don’t get the job as I arrived half an hour late and am completely inappropriately dressed I’m not going back to do exactly the same as when I told the guy to go stuff his job as there were more important things in life ...

... cake but didnt put 27 candles on (women are touchy about the old age thing I've found!). So got most of our stuff sorted by now. We dont leave until late tomorrow night so got most of tomorrow to finalise stuff. However, we are going to the poet for a few farewell beers tonight so tomorrow may not be as productive as we think!! Its nuts that I wont be popping down the poet for a few anymore. So handy/dangerous having your local a ten minute walk away!! We had a great big ...

... nice, big kitchen. Its a small town about 20 mins on the tram outside of the city centre but very close still. Its nice and had a beach, a fun fair park called Luna Beach and loads of amazing cake shops. They are so good and its so unfair as I'm on such a tight budget!!! I avoid that road now!! I stayed there 5 days and then had to move to a cheaper hostel, about 3 stops away on the tram nearer the city. Its called Pint on Punt and is ...

... relaxing and easy going, making some great dinners, drinking good Shiraz wines, and doing some reading. My time in the Blue Mountains was great, but I knew that my cold weather experiences were coming to an end, and it was time to move on to warmer Climates.

The Gold Coast and Byron Bay

I found another cheap flight from Sydney up the coast and made the trip to the Gold Coast south of Brisbane, a long stretch of beach towns that is quite a ...

... une visite intensive de 3 jours durant lesquels nous avons visite les principales attractions de Melbourne, marche des kilometres, decouvert une multitudes de quartiers et profite de la diversite des restaurants (histoire de faire changement de la bouffe de camping). Notre souper a Melbourne s’est presque deroule entierement en Francais, serveurs, hotesse et commis etant de l’ile Maurice ou de France. Croyez-le ou non, c’etait ...

So after arriving in Melbourne and picking up Anna we headed straight to Jo's (Jim's cousin) house just south of the city centre. We spent the whole weekend with Anna, so for this blog "we" is not just the two of us but the three of us. Before we could have a look around town we dropped off the hire car. We then went for a wander and found out that the Melbourne International Comedy Festival was on so we organised to see some free comedy later ...

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... got to see some faces and of course Ramsay Street... as u will see from the photos...!!!!! 2nd day we went to Philip Island and on way there we did a wine tasting.. (u can see from the photos how happy i was doing that!!).. a wildlife park .. (spelt maui???).. then finally onto to Philip Island where we watched the 'penguin parade'... where little penguins (that what they called!)... come back ...

... and meeting loads of the Tait relatives (and being taken in and looked after so well by Marks folks) a routine of socializing (drinking) fell into place (tis the season!!). On that note: Merry Christmas to everyone, and we hope that you all had great feastive seasons. Being away from home for so long now it really was fantastic to spend Christmas with close friends in a ...

... least a month or longer for my positions but I don't know if I can be patient enough for that much longer! It's hard to be here looking for a job as you don't want to spend all of your money so you don't go out to do anything but walk around looking for toher job postings. Hopefully soon enough I will have a job but I think I may be pointing in the direction of the outback now as there are no jobs availbale in the cities! The photos added were from this past ...