Paramount Serviced Apartments Melbourne

... more than my initial 1200 km estimate. Not sure where I got that from though.

Well I'd arrived back in Melbourne at 10:15, so probably a bit early to check into my hotel, but regardless trudged with my bags in that general direction. My bags are so heavy and not really designed to be carried that far, so by the time I arrived at the hotel, if they'd turned me away I think I would have got very angry or more likely cried! Everything was aching and I just knew my ...

... then decided to have a coffee to see if it would clear. It didn’t but the lady on the desk kindly stamped my ticket and said I could come back any time to have another go at seeing the view. Nice touch.

Once down I headed into town but the rain was so fierce I needed shelter. I also needed more coffee so it once again a dive into Starbucks for bucket of Americano and a muffin – which I stretched out long enough to feel vaguely ...

Ok so I have become obsessed with bags. I admit I did have a bit of a problem to start with but it is now out of control. Just how many new bags do I need... new luggage obviously. I cannot possibly use my old backpack - what if Liam needs carrying? I need some new roller luggage - definately. So as with most things I have researched it to death but cannot find anything that I either (a) love or (b) can afford. What's a girl to do... can I really ...

... kulturen staar sterkt, saa ogsaa musikklivet. Fant en gratisavis med oversikt over neste ukes musikalske tilbud, stort sett innen rock/pop sjangeren. Den var tjukk!! Men jeg fikk ikke med meg noen konsert denne gangen, men jeg var paa stand-up show, ganske bra og vitsene var av saapass generell art at jeg ogsaa skjonte hva det gikk i, ikke noen Australske nyheter og veldig lokale greier der i gaarden.

Men tilbake til St. Kilda... nok en ...

With my first full day in Melbourne I met up with my frends from Korea (sorry guys I know nearly all your names, but it would give me hand ache if I wrote them down alll the time :)) and June was our tour guide, whilst being very informative we did get stuck a couple of times and didn't manage to get that elusive free tram ride. However, I took over temporarily from her to guide us to the Botanic Gardens. They were quite pretty, yet not ...

... this amazing oasis through a myriad of topics covered in the initial weekend workshop and learning's/fact-finding since.

One of these topics was People/Culture. A country's people can provide a great image into culture and the way a country is, so I thought it a great activity where we had to think of words that described what a typical Australian person is like as opposed to what we ...

... also a continent. Then some twelve years later they thought it might be a good idea to send criminals there, kind of following on from Gods plans of keeping it all in one place. I don't fall out with this, but soon it back-fired. The descendants of these convicts had turned this land into one of the most beautiful places on earth to visit. Some 200 years later we touched down in the land they call Australia.

... worth of petrol which we hoped would do us. Unfortunately the Toyota Yaris we rented was a little picky on what petrol it would take as it only accepted Ethanol E10 and nearly none of the stations had it on their pumps. We realised towards the afternoon that we probably needed another five dollars and started to search for a station on the way to Torquay and in Torquay. No such luck none of the stations had it and we were starting to worry but we had no choice ...

... few days we were going to have to cut same of this weight down as it really is too much to be hauling around the world. The flight was a breeze, as the internal flights in Australia tend to be, and we arrived into a sleepy Melbourne a little before nine in the morning. Waiting for the baggage claim, lying on the floor, slipping easily back into the travelling relaxedness after the hectic city sales life that i had been enduring before xmas. Whilst waiting we ...

... wollten die Mädels ihr erstes Känguru sehen. Also sind wir ab in einen Nationalpark nach Jervis Bay. Dort stand es dann, wir tauften es James (cook) ein weit verbreiteter Name hier;) Wie kommt das bloss?! Naja danach ging es dann an Nikkels Lieblingsort ULLADULLA:) Ein herrliches Plätzchen, gern wären wir länger geblieben, aber wir wollten doch noch Dan treffen. In Durras hat er uns empfangen und danach sind wir zu seinem Bruders Strandhäuschen gefahren.Wo uns ein kleiner surf und ...