Melbourne Travel Blogs - Page 5

Finally it was time for me to go Down Under. Should have done it years ago already with so many relatives living there. The trip was made during September 2008 and was all jobrelated.  After a long flight from Amsterdam via Kuala Lumpur, I arrived late on a friday night in Melbourne. My inten…

these are photos from different trips around Australia

This time I made an Australian dessert called Pavlova. What you need:500g Sugar6 egg whiteswhipped cream1 tablespoon vinegar1 tablespoon cornflowersip of mango juicesome fresh FruitsPreheat the oven to about 150 degrees.- First mix the 6 egg whites until soft peaks form.- Add slowly sugar, but keep…

Melbourne is the perfect weekend trip from Sydney. It’s only just over an hour’s flight, although make sure you don’t fly to Avalon! (more on that later). Some say its cooler/edgier and more artsy than Sydney. It’s like the whole city’s population is like the crowd you see on Queen Street…

Started the day with a coffe and breakfast somewhere on Flinders St (Very good it was too) and made my way to the Immigration Museum. A very interesting place. It charts, as you might expect, the history and stories of Australia's immigrants and it pulls no punches about itself either. It tells of …

After waking up from minimal sleep from new years eve, it was time to hit the booze early again and make the trek from our apartment to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl to experience Summadayze, Australia's biggest dance music festival where some of the world's and oz's best djs put on a massive show to …

    Well, left Hobart and made the 45 min trip back across the Bass Straight to Victoria and to the joys of Melbourne. Tasmania has been awesome, really enjoyed finaly seeing the place and wandering about down there after having heard so much about it. I must say though that I have h…

I've heard of the Melbourne Museum so many times before but never bothered to visit it. So my bf and I decided to check it out and see an IMAX flick too. The only feature length film on offer was "The Day The Earth Stood Still". The dinosaur exhibit was closed at that time and they were also settin…

Stayed here for 3 nights in a hostel above an Irish Pub called Pint on Punt, that has curtailed our sightseeing significantly! 6 dollar meals were great though. Its the hottest day of the year so far here so the temperature hit 39 degrees. Easy to get around with the trams.  39 degrees + hang…

we left sydney around 10 am and arrived at the tullamarine airport just before lunch...it was a short flight...we made a stop over at a small town before checking in at the hotel...gutom na kami kaya kumain na muna kami dahil 2pm pa ang check in...we had italian for lunch...nag ikot muna kami and w…

Our first indication that we were in for a serious few days was the dramatic change in the temperature. Earlier in the day we had been hiding in the shade from the scorching heat, and only a few hours later, and a thousand metres higher, we realised that perhaps shorts and sandals were not going to…

I leave in 16 days. I'm not sure what to pack. I still haven't picked up my passport. Or called westpac. Or called vodafone.   Having a going away party tomorrow night. How EXCITEMENT!

Viaje a Australia en Abril de 2007. Se divide en tres partes. La primera 5 días en Alice Spring, la segunda 5 días en Port Douglas y la tercera un recorrido en coche desde Brisbane a Melbourne pasando por Sydney.

I was quite relaxed and looking forward to today's flight back to Melbourne considering that Air New Zealand is showing the new series of Flight of the Conchords.  Everything was going great until about 20 mins from Melbourne when we hit some of the worst turbulance I've ever experienced - wha…

Just thought i'd make this travelogue to show an overview of the places i've travelled in the last 10 years. In development!