I've just descovered these we face thingys so i thought i'd give y'all a big cheesy grin!After our great week in Perth we had to fly to Melbourne in order to get our onward flight to Tasmania..aha..ha..ha! As i hadn't really done the hostel thing in Melbourne when i'd been there before we decided to spend a couple of days down in St. Kilda the beach town. We stayed in a hostel called base backpackers in the 'girls only sanctuary' whic...

I took a coach to Melbourne during the day so i could hop off and see a bit of Canberra en route.  I managed to walk down top one of the main round abouts and get some photos of the (very symetrical) layout of the city. The people seemed very friendly there but the streets were very quiet given that this was a capital city!On to Melbourne where i spent the next two months working. I initially spent the first two weeks living in a district called Fitzroy nort...

During my time in Melbourne i tried to spend each weekend doing something touristic. As people had pointed out Melbourne had a very European appearance compaired with the modern, more clinical motropolis feel of Sydney. There was a great cafe culture in Melbourne with some fabulous restaurants dotted around. The lady i worked next to at HJB was an actress with a greek backround- she was a wee bit over the top but kindly offered to take me down to the Mo...