Crown Towers Melbourne

... market and a spot of brunch.  In the afternoon it was time to move digs for our last night in Melbourne and head to a Deluxe Suite in the Crown Towers Casino - one of our leaving presents from our friends in Bermuda.  Needless to say we loved it ...

...  we went for dinner in Nandos which was really nice! On our way back home we stopped into the Crown Towers, a massive hotel/entertainment complex/casino - and suddenly we were transported back to Las Vegas!  Except this hotel, as hard ...

... a few bars which are busy for a Sunday afternoon and we have a few drinks before catching the tram back to the flat. Melbourne public transport seems to revolve around these trams, as everyone uses them. There are not may buses and taxis in sight ...

... be never out of), got the bags, Sky bussed it to airport from the giant Southern Cross Station- goodbye Mell. I think the whole Melbourne V Sydney debate rages on, as to which city is better – either way, which ever city you start living in first, ...

... on in Bali so she was travelling on her own. I arrived in Melbourne at about 8am and made my way to my hostel. I knew I would like Melbourne straight away as it was so easy to get to the city from the airport and they had free buses to all of the ...

... an entry without showing off our gorgeous granddaughters!! So I hope you enjoy the story of my 50th and the wonderful sights of Melbourne from the Yarra River, and thank you to everyone who could make it and who made it such a special night for ...

... court) for pretty much the entire two weeks. I move hotels tomorrow and stay put as I have managed to get a cancellation for crown towers, which I'm really pleased with. Hope you are all ok and not suddendly bored. I have notes but time is short, ...

... to very well.  I was expecting a Fed Square type disaster (an ugly modern building in the beautiful old centre of Melbourne) but it actually looked quite good in my opinion.  We keep walking to where the Little Mermaid statue normally is but at ...

... Hotel is ok, considering I'm staying at a Four Seasons hotel I did expect more, but its ok, but nowhere near that of Crown Towers in Melbourne.. but hey, I don't need the luxury, I'm only here for 3 nights.  So I spent the afternoon sorting myself ...

... with Holocaust victim names carved into the leaves (there is a small Raoul Wallenberg garden near my former house in Melbourne - he was from a wealthy Swedish family and provided gave diplomatic passports to many Hungarian Jews (estimated at 15,000) ...

... stay over an hour having a couple drinks but things barely improve so we decide to move to another pub. On our way a bloke in a Melbourne Storm jersey and his girlfriend, with her head buried in a copy of TNT (street press for the expats in London), pass ...

... subway during peak time and found ourselves standing most of the way until a popular station when we got a seat. Too much like Melbourne trains and I was dreading the thought when we return......but enough of that thought for now! Caught the subway to the ...

... border; at the toilet stop we made, we bumped into Callum again, who was also on his way to Cambodia, with Clint (Melbourne but currently living in Manchester) who we also recognised from the slowboat into Laos all those weeks ago. We spotted Giles on ...

... main shopping drag. Fortunately for me, Kelly's was actually full of Irish bartenders (and a girl from Scotland and a nice bloke from Melbourne that we kept giving stick to cos he was only 19) who were incredibly friendly. A quick beer later and a bit of ...

... the farewell went to school with Cassandra, who we met in Cork and went on a tour to Blarney with. They are both from Melbourne, but on completely separate overseas working trips. *in your best Zazu imitation* It's a small world after all... Tom was ...