Hilton Melbourne

I wish to ride my Honda Goldwing from Mesa, Arizona to Melbourne, Florida to catch the May 15th Shuttle Launch. From there, who knows? :-) After the launch, I will be heading to North Carolina and visit friends and family. Not sure where I'll go from ...

... . We thought we had picked a straightforward route which avoided the toll road, but we had bargained without the idiosyncrasies of Melbourne streets which change names every once in a while without notice. Added to that, there is no Jucy sign on ...

It's Monday and time to relocate to Tasmania.  We actually relocated to the Melbourne Airport Hilton since we have an early flight to Hobart on Tuesday.  It's quite a nice hotel for an airport hotel. We didn't spend a great deal of time here ...

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... back to the hotel, had a nice chat with the doormen, hopped into a cab and took our flight to Melbourne. We only really had time to check into the Hilton and then walk over to the Crown Casino complex (huge, confusing, overwhelming) to get a bit of ...

... we were heading off the ferry and driving along very exclusive areas with beautiful homes and estates along the coastline to Melbourne.  That evening, Jonathan and I caught a local performance of the musical Xanadu held in the Docklands area of the ...

So, I've now been here in Melbourne for 5 days.  I've got a good feel for the city (well- better anyhow), and there's only a few more days before I head out.  I shall use this entry, to give u a little more insight into the hostels here since I ...

In Melbourne angekommen, haben wir natürlich sofort das von ACS gebaute e-Ticketing System angeschaut. Die gelben kleinen Kästchen in den Trams haben doch einige Erinnerungen geweckt. Die Stadt selber hat nicht ganz so gut zu uns "gesprochen", wie es ...

... on Acland Street.  Sweet! [What we can say, it’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it.] CBD Melbourne Sightseeing Some downtown sights seeing was on the agenda for today.  Melbourne is full of trams so we caught the #16 from ...

... to do some shopping and i got a 6$ denim shirt from jeanswest!!! HAHAHA but if anyone asks its a diesel denim shirt i found in Melbourne Central... after shopping for the rest of the day we sent Maggie to the bus stop where she headed back to the airport ...

so my xmas pressie from sonnie and charlie is xmas at the hilton...... tough life out here i tell you! ...

... We did find one sleeping near the ground and we shamelessly photographed her as if we were paparazzi and she Paris Hilton. 3.  Melbourne Fish Market: really, really fresh sushi.  'nuff said. 4.  Australian Rules Football: we saw the ...

Lucks a fortune. Sally won a prize through the Herald Sun for one night's accommodation at the Hilton Hotel at Melbourne Airport so we decided to stay the night before our Saturday morning flight. All is packed, the house is secure, keys are given to ...

... two extremes which most people dont get to see... on the pitch and a few thousand feet above it! Heading southwards to Melbourne brought back so many memories. Cocoa Beach has changed alot. Its just packed with touristy everything. Further down the A1A ...

  We have arrived in melbourne for the second time and are so looking forward to coming home to an empty fridge, lots of washing, friends who are expecting prezzies (sorry to dissapoint all my friends who dont recieve one, but out of maybe 30 friends ...

So here we stand at the Melbourne International Airport we are really doing this there is no turning back and its all doable (in Joke). We have checked in and we are now sitting together for the long haul to San Francisco. A bit of breky.....one of us got ...

... "Asian Fever", informed me that the ultimate gal would be an Asian with an Australian accent.  Whatever.  We arrived in Melbourne and after a bit of wrangling and bargaining at the rental counters, I got us a car.  Thankfully this one was ...