Day 3 of the Moomba Festival required an early start to see its highlight, a parade that starts at 11am. Normally the parade runs through the centre of Melbourne CBD, but this year, due to roadworks, the parade was moved to St Kilda road, alongside the botanical gardens. The parade consits of floats, dancing and music and is a celebration of aboriginal and worldwide culture. After seeing Abi and Rob the day previous, we arranged to meet up again and watch the ...

Saturday the 10th of March is the beginning of Labour day weekend in Victoria, and the Moomba Festival in Melbourne. The city seizes its oppertunity for a 3 day party, focussed in and around the Yarra river near Southbank, the botanical gardens and Flinders street. Moomba's name has some rather humerous origins, explained well on wikipedia (see - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomba), but to summarise - "'moom' (mum) means 'buttocks' or 'anus' in various Victori...

After my day at Albert Park, I returned home to unwind and recover from the heat and tired legs. The evening was spent relaxing, and it was only later on that I noticed how red my arms were. I went to bed and passed out straight away, well and truely worn out. So much so I slept through my alarm the next morning, not waking till 12pm. When I did finally stir and come to my senses, I felt rather a rush of pain from my arms and neck. I looked down to observe t...

After my relaxing weekend, Monday and Tuesday were back to reality in the city. Now that I have money in my Australian account, house share hunting could finally become a reality. After arriving back at the Claremont Guest House and getting some essential shopping in, I settled down to begin house share hunting inside the hostel. Unfortunately, the Claremont Guest House provide heavily capped internet, and I found myself begging the various reception staff for...

After Australia day's antics, getting in and crashing out rather late, I woke up late and was fairly disoriented. I talked to the family on skype and then had to head back to sleep to catch up on some much needed shut eye. I did not wake again until 12pm, before forcing myself to get out of bed. Today was wash day number 2. I got my washing together and headed down to Claremont's wash room. Although far smaller than those at Melbourne Metro, both the washing...