Posted in Melbourne on Jan 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Today is Sunday, and I am writing from the Alice Springs airport, where Qantas has been kind enough to provide free wireless Internet access for my 3.5 hour layover. I did not make it online while I was in Melbourne, so I’ll take a few minutes here to catch up.
When I last wrote, I was […]
Posted in Food and Drink, Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 13th, 2008 1 Comment »
I cannot believe that I’m already at the halfway point of the vacation. Tomorrow morning, I leave for Hobart. Today, I took a guided tour of the Great Ocean Road stretching west from Melbourne. The tour covered about 500 kilometers of driving. The bus (seats 21 in 1-2 seating, […]
Posted in Melbourne, Photography, Sydney on Jan 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
The first dozen photos are from the last day and a half in Sydney. The other hundred and forty odd photos are from Melbourne and environs.
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Posted in Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 11th, 2008 No Comments »
I had a fun day trip today out to the Mornington Peninsula southeast of Melbourne. I had thought about doing a guided tour there today, but a) it wasn’t going to guarantee getting me back in time for my dinner engagement, b) they had a couple of very silly shopping side diversions, and c) they […]
Posted in Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 11th, 2008 2 Comments »
I’m feeling much better. I’m still not 100%, but I sound worse than I am. But what I have left can be classified as “really nasty hay fever the normal allergy medicine isn’t quite touching.” At this point, I’m basically just working on preventing a re-infection. My family has planned a dinner out tonight for […]
Posted in Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
Just before I went out for a late-afternoon round of sightseeing on Thursday, Steven called me and asked if I’d like to go out for a ride to one of the heavily-Greek suburbs called Doncaster. He had a customer out there he had to visit for about twenty minutes, and then he’d be free for […]
Posted in Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 10th, 2008 1 Comment »
While I knew that there would be differences between Melbourne and Sydney, I did not think they’d be so pronounced and yet so difficult to explain. The best way I can put it is that Sydney feels like a city where people work, and Melbourne feels like a city where people live. It sounds stupid, […]
Posted in Melbourne, Sightseeing on Jan 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
It’s 12:15pm Thursday in Melbourne as I start to write this. It’s also 98 degrees outside, with a high of 103 expected. You’d think that since Melbourne is further south, it’d be cooler than Sydney. Not always… it’s going to be like this today and Friday, then cool off into the low 80s for […]
Posted in Air Travel, Melbourne, Sydney on Jan 9th, 2008 1 Comment »
I ended up being just really tired during the morning on Wednesday, and never made it to Darlinghurst. I just wandered around some of the area east of the hotel, including Hyde Park, stopped and got some Indian curry chicken and chick peas for lunch, and then changed and hung out in the Executive […]
Posted in Food and Drink, Melbourne, Sightseeing, Uncategorized on Dec 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
I’m going to miss it as it’s only on Wednesday nights and I won’t get into Melbourne in time, but the Suzuki Night Market in Melbourne at the Queen Victoria Market looks absolutely astounding. Thanks to happy_stomach on my favorite Chicago food forum, who is in the process of writing a great log of dining […]
