"You're all going to die down here" -- Resident Evil "We have GOT to get out" -- Tremors The Pint on Punt, or The House of the Rising Sun as I affectionately refer to it, is a pub and backpackers hostel in Melbourne. It is so called as it serves pints of beer and sits at the start of Punt Road, which in turn is so called as it is a long road that leads all the way to the Melbourne Cricket Ground... And a Punt is the kick they do in that stupid game they ...

"There is a house in New Orleans,They call the Rising SunAnd it's been the ruin of many a poor boy,And God, I know, I'm one."-- The House of the Rising SunThe first self-imposed rule of Travelpod was that we wouldn't talk about women. There were all sorts of reasons for this at the time and it has proved to be a good rule. You don't need the details of every little misadventure we find ourselves in, and wouldn't be interested anyway. The truth...

"Is it how you imagined?""Mate I can't complain. Work, friends, house, all good. Everything's good in fact... Everything but the girl"."Ah... Ever noticed how similar 'everything but the girl' is to 'nothing at all'"?"Yeah".-- Everything But The GirlThis bloke walks into the doctors and says "Doctor, you've got to help me - I'm miserable. I'm depressed all the time, drinking too much, I just can't seem to lift myself up. Ev...

"He waits... that what he does... And tick follows tock follows tick follows tock...Ahab Says 'I don't care who you are, here's to your dream'".I spent some time recently at my old stomping ground in Melbourne, the Pint on Punt Hostel in Windsor/St Kilda where I used to work and live.The owner has changed now, but it's always the case with these things - the more things change, the more they stay the same. My very good friend John still runs t...

"I may be a b******, but I'm not a f***ing b******" From Dusk Till Dawn "I woke up in some Japanese family's Rec Room, and they would not... stop... screaming" Anchorman Sometimes you don't learn the error of your ways until it's too late. And some words when spoken can't be taken back. Leaving Do Time. I should probably mention why. I was always going to be returning home sometime around now for my brother's wedding in August. As things h...