Best Western Melbourne

DECEMBER 2007 There is a place on earth rainier than England. And it's called Vancouver.

... 't fit the Corola hatchback we upgraded to a Holden Epica a very sharp looking sedan then drove a short way to the Best Western. We walked down to the water and followed it to the downtown. Unfortunately we missed their Multicultural Day by a ...

... - on top of that some of Banbridge Clann fellas had settled there! Booked into a nice wee spot for 3 nights (Best Western – Atlantis - http://www.atlantishotel.com.au/ which overlooked the River/Docklands/Etihad Stadium) arriving ...

... of the city from one of the volunteer guides - he was very knowledgeable and was very keen for me to see the best of Melbourne. This entailed the ANZ Gothic Bank, many more magnificent banks and opulent buildings with money from the Gold Rush and a view ...

... ;just continued on to the hotel by the airport.  We couldn't find any hostels next to the airport so had to book the Best Western which was the cheapest hotel we could find.  However, up on arriving they couldn't find our reservation and we only ...

... up Mount Rouse which was cloud free and had some good views. I arrived in Port Fairy just after 1p.m. and booked into the Best Western motel, which was very nice and comfortable. Port Fairy is a small seaside town with a very nice harbour and nice ...

... way to the hospital to meet Gaynor at 4 when she finishes work. The guy at the train station send me in the wrong direction, I see a Best Western, grab a map, and find my own way to the hospital which take me 40minutes to do. Gaynor is out at 4 on the ...

... my god! What a way to start our honeymoon! Flight from Adelaide was good... got away on time and had a tail wind, so got into Melbourne early! Then we got the most talkative shuttle bus driver ever, who wouldn't let us get out of the bus when we got to ...

... bars!!! Had a pretty spectacular end to the night though. To celebrate the end of the volvo world yacht race stopover in melbourne there was a massive fireworks display. The captain placed the boat in a prime location and we took it all in!! Yesterday ...

... , rapes and poisonings forced families off their land and into missions where they had to conform to Christianity and Western ways. Melbourne was proclaimed a city in 1847, and the state really forged ahead with the discovery of gold near Ballarat in ...

... city suited us better but we were still inconclusive. I called up Eric Reynolds, a friend of ours who studied in Melbourne a few years back. Eric is definitely one of the best people I know so I was very keen to hear what he had to say. He told me that ...

Melbourne to Carrabin We'd been scrounging around Melbourne for some time. Appling for any kind of employment other than that of an adult nature.  We’d been to yet another sales interview which turned out to be forcing innocent members of the ...

... stayed in, did some research and got some tips (over a deliciously cooked home meal, yum!) on how to make the best use of our time in Melbourne. It was a strange feeling coming back to the place I was born and effectively grew up in. I wasn’t quite ...

... me to get the trip going again. I eventually got myself sorted and looked into how I was going to get to my next destination, Melbourne. Unfortunately, Perth is so remote that the only way is to fly. Yes ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I have had to ...

... on our journey, and it just so happened to be a very sad film. So by the time we had arrived in Melbourne, I was blubbing like a baby! We got off the bus late evening into a very cold Melbourne night. Trains and buses had stopped running to ...

... a few people. Of course, it was also so great being back in a city after the 3 months of rural work. Our friend Leon moved to Melbourne while we were away so it was cool to meet him and catch up a bit. Best of all he had bought a ticket to Kylie Minogue ...

... to see an enormous queue of mainly young people. Right, I’m off to get some lunch. Thanks for reading! I’m leaving Melbourne tomorrow – I think I stop in Canberra for a day or two. Everybody says it’s not worth it, but I’ll ...

... ;         -Annie Sandlant The Island is beautiful. It is real life paradise just outside of Melbourne. Home to a great number of true blue australian wildlife, the pelican, the native teddy bear- the Koala, the ...

... ; We got out of melbourne as quickly as we could and Matt managed to avoid making any hook turns (a unique road manouvre only in Melbourne to allowfor the trams).  We got on the road at Torquay, which like its British namesake is the Surf capital of ...

So after a 42 hour journey, I finally arrived in Melbourne yesterday to begin my Oz adventure. The trip here, however was not without its moments of sometimes bizarre intrigue. Qatar Airways is known to be one of the best airlines in the world and it was ...