Crown Promenade Melbourne

... desserts known to man and generally have a real passion for food. Many of the top restaurants in Oz are located here particularly on Crown Promenade, South Bank, you may even see Gordan Ramsey if you're lucky! Although he is not very well liked in Oz..... ...

... . We were planning to drive up the Princess highway coast road to Sydney which is about 1,000 kilometers. We are staying in the Crown promenade in Melbourne on the south bank which is a modern hotel. On Monday we went down to the coast on a tram (St ...

... 1 aan het opbouwen) en Royal Botanic Gardens. 's Avonds met Esther en enkele vrienden ergens wat gaan eten, vervolgens naar het Crown Hotel & Casino geweest. Erg leuk waren de vlammenwerpers aan de voorzijde van het hotel die ieder uur aangingen. (zie ...

... to late evening, and the nightlife rocks! Everyone is so socialable here unlike England where people tend to keep to themselves. Melbourne certainly gets beneath your skin, its certainly won me over, I don't want to come home! The whole East Coast trip ...

... operations. It was interesting to see what the possibilities are out there, if we a brave enough.  Friday we looked around the Melbourne offices and got invited to Bob de Boer's office farewell, one of many that he had. Saturday we flew up to Sydney ...

... realised that I haven't brought too many clothes with me. Have to attack the Boxing Day sales. Sarah found her favourite shop in Melbourne- City Chic and purchased two tops. (Which weren't in the sales!!?)  Went for a long awaited, much welcome visit ...

... ‘s auch übertreiben. Weiß eigentlich jeder was gemeint ist, wenn ich vom MCG spreche? MCG steht für den Melbourne Cricket Ground, ein Hundertausendsitzer von einem Stadium und dem Vernehmen nach einer der Lieblingsplätze der Melbourner. Eine ...

... surroundings.  Outside the casino there is a fire show at regular intervals after dark. It is alongside the river on the promenade. There stands three tall rectangular columns from which fire bursts out of the top in time to music. It was really ...

... on Lygon Street, in the Italian area, with a coffee and a good book. On my third and final day in Melbourne I visited the excellent Immigration Museum to learn more about Australia's patterns of migration, and was shocked to learn about the overtly ...

... , its usually more crowded than that. Atsushi was our guide, Japanese, and a good laugh, nice and relaxed. Me and Carlo had a Melbourne couple and a Japanese couple in our raft. We got the good seats though, right up the front. The rapids were Grade 3 and ...

... a conversation with a couple who have a thick French dictionary. Turns out to be Dan and Yolanda, off the yacht Jacarna out of Melbourne, who have been sailing around the world for a couple of years, and are keen to talk to someone who speaks English, and ...

... We had lunch at Katoomba RSL Club (a rather good Chinese buffet) and checked that England were still on course for a victory in the Melbourne Test.  There was still no sign of any improvement in the weather and so sadly we left the Blue Mountains and ...