Punt Hill Flinders Lane Melbourne

... and the damage, nothing but a dent in the plastic of the end of my lace. What a lucky escape and almost another entry for the Darwin awards! Slip ons from now on or stairs! Heed this warning, escalators can kill!

Time had now passed, so had a chance to check into the room. I was expecting it to be tiny, based on the review in the Lonely Planet and my own previous experience, but when I opened the door I was pretty pleased and impressed with the refurb. Yeah it's a ...

... reviewed research, you are not a doctor. Be you a leading consulting surgeon (when you are probably a Mr anyway) right through to an acu-aroma-practic – do some research or drop the title. And another thing – for me, a “taught PhD” is a Masters by another name – I am sorry, but I don’t believe you can teach a doctoral degree you can only support and guide someone through the process of their research (as I ...

... since I had promised myself to be more social and try to get in touch with a few people. But I soon found out that I had to concentrate about make the action on my own in Melbourne too.

The reason why I went to Melbourne in the first place was because of a tv-series I saw a few years ago - "the secret life of us". It was mainly shot in one of the citys surburbs - St.Kilda, and in the series there are a lot of good music. Melbourne is ...

... they gave me a Korean keyring as a momento of our time together, something I will treasure. Everyone then chilled out for a while, pretty sad as we would soon be going our seperate ways. Narae, Lisa and Hannah were quite sad as was I. With a few people with watery eyes everyone said goodbye to me and gave some big hugs and waved me off. I felt a bit deflated, but so happy that I had the chance to meet them. I pondered how chance ...

... Number 2 off the rank has been in the country for two years now and summed up in a few words what he thought of the typical Australian v's Canadian, as seen below:

Typical Australian:

1) Laid back and liberal.

2) Looks a little 'English'

3) Heavy Drinker!



Typical Canadian:

1) Overly accommodating and too trusting.

2) Liberal & ...

... cross station and then a train to Camberwell station, we stopped to ask a taxi for directions to Campbell street - at which point we were either going to take a taxi or walk. We were informed Campbell street was just 5 mins up the road - 'UP' being the operative word, so off we set. On the way a wheel on Zoe's bag broke leaving her to drag it up the hill which would have been OK if where we were heading was the correct direction. After walking the street and ...

... even play badly he was just completely outclassed. Because of the Aussie matches which we weren't interested in, we had a wander about the outer courts and watched a few doubles games one with Marat Safin. Soon after this we had to move out of our accommodation as with the Open being there wasn't any accommodation in the whole of Melbourne. With a tenuous relatives link we went to stay for a few days with Jane who is Marie Therese's sister in law's brothers girlfriend ...

... enough is enough we head for the bus, realising that the one we catch is actually the last one back to the campsite, narrowly avoiding a hideously expensive cab ride. Kim's headache which has been bothering her slightly throughout the day intensifies on the bus into a debilitating migraine, barely able to walk off the bus i make sure she has water and ibuprofen and put her to bed, i read for a short while before getting sleepy and we drift off for a much needed 14h sleep.

... free parking when we visit Fraser Island and enjoyed some fine Australian wines, cheese and chocolate. A good day's work! - We had a day out at the Melbourne races with Kamal decked out in a $100 outfit from the Australian equivalent of Primark and finished off with a $10 charity shop jacket. We then lost on every race... - Our quest for work in Melbourne started well. We were the ...

... Drinks like a fish but doesn't smoke, and does seem to do the basics.been up to the Victorian Alps (huge thanks Malcolm and Julie, sorry to have been crook and we will be in touch), along the Great Ocean Road (awesome!) and ticked off koalas, emus, wallabies and an echidna!

It's all very different but we're getting there.more to follow!


love Helen and Andy