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Around and About Melly
A Travel Blog entry by canningt from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
... but we had no idea of this crazy process at that time. Wayne noticed that the tree trunks on the sidewalks on Bourke Street are surrounded by gravel beds with white pea gravel seemingly 'glued' together. The girls also want to report that ...
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Melting pot Melbourne: the city of hook turns
A Travel Blog entry by sunseekers from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
... 's a contrast, blue sky and burning sun quickly changed to thunderstorms with heavy rain showers and vice versa. The hotel, the Alto hotel on Bourke Street, is perfecly located in the city center. With a charming old outside front, this small and quite ...
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Melbourne Finale - the best for last.
A Travel Blog entry by canningt from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
... ; I poked around St. Paul’s ‘lic church and Ann and Wayne looked around Federation Square. They went back to the Alto to contact David Byrne (a friend of Ryan’s) to arrange to meet he and his wife this evening while we ate at the ...
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Melbourne Idenitiy
A Travel Blog entry by hadwin from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
... and decided that china town was the best place to head for some top food. The Ant Bistro down a side street from Little Bourke St (9 Corrs Place to be exact) served the purpose. Pungent Beef and an Eggplant dish with bamboo shoots, garlic, chili and ...
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Easter Down-under and St. Kilda's Market
A Travel Blog entry by canningt from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
... were seven offering collectors in the balcony; we couldn`t see how many were on the main floor. After church we went back to the Alto and had a very light lunch then caught a tram to St. Kilda's to meet Erica and Derek at the market there. We got ...
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Melbourne - A chocolate mocha surprise
A Travel Blog entry by hadwin from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I arrived at the Alto Hotel on Burke at about 10:30 and was warmly greeted by the lady at reception who checked me into a room on the first floor. When I got to the door, the key wouldn't work (or perhaps I didn't work - difficult to tell) so I ...
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Lye Family Holiday - Australia - 2008
A Travel Blog entry by digitium from Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Australia
... down are definitely must haves. The Royal Botanic Gardens are beautiful (even in Winter) and the parks are well manicured. Alto Hotel on Burke provided more than adequete hospitality, and the basic Apartment features are well taken care of. It's a ...
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Looking for the Devil in Old Hobart
A Travel Blog entry by canningt from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
... morning to fly to Hobart, Tasmania. BTW, if anyone is looking to stay in Melly, we would highly recommend the Alto on Bourke – excellent central location, main tram-route stop right out front and less than a block from the Southern Cross Station ...
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The Highlight of Melbourne
A Travel Blog entry by canningt from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
As I mentioned we were late getting back from the Tramcar Restaurant last eveing so I didn't write. It was absolutely wonderful: grreat service, excellent food and liquor, and marvelous company. Erica and Derek met us at the pick-up point ...
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Along the Great Ocean Road to Melly
A Travel Blog entry by canningt from Geelong, Victoria, Australia
We got on the road this morning at 07:45 – 10 degrees with a light mist and a bright rainbow - and headed into the sun towards Warnambool and along the Great Ocean Road to Torquay then inland to Geelong and finally to Melbourne. We stopped in ...
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Touring Melbourne
A Travel Blog entry by canningt from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Wayyne and I got the Kluger returned to Hertz this morning and walked back to the hotel; no issue with having it overnight and extra night. We got in contact with Erica and met with her and Derek at the 'i' at Federation Square; to get there we had ...
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Gettin' me some culture in Melbourne
A Travel Blog entry by smgiles from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
After an amazing trip-of-a-lifetime to the Great Barrier Reef, I flew down to Melbourne. I won’t go into details, but let’s just say that the trip wasn’t very smooth and was peppered with the usual ...
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Musing on the moon
A Travel Blog entry by hadwin from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Whilst flying to Melbourne I watched a beautiful full moon rise over the desert. I had forgotten that the moon looks different from the Southern hemisphere - it's rotated thorough about 90 degrees. ...
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Alto Hotel on Bourke Melbourne
636 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
... Southbank, Stock Exchange & Docklands. Southern Cross Railway Station and airport bus terminal 150 meters away. Alto Hotel on Bourke, exemplifies the best in stylish boutique hospitality. Designed to be environmentally sustainable and currently holds ...
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