Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
My sur-name in lights
Found this on the way home from the pub in Melbourne...not as a manageable souvenior as a street sign
The Melbourne 'Hook Turn'
Probably one of the strangest Road Rules I've ever seen is the 'Hook Turn'.
To turn right at most city intersections, pull into the left lane at the corner of the intersection and wait until the light of the street you're turning onto turns from red to green.
Kangaroo Fillet = Yum
I had my first taste of Australia..Their national emblem!! It hopped right off the plate!
Friday, August 14, 2009
Ramsay Street......Well no! Pin Oak Court actually
No trip to Melbourne would be complete without a trip to the * cough * legendary soap street that is known as Ramsay St, realname Pin Oak Court the street is based in South Vermont about 23km outside the City Centre. We jumped on the tram and headed out as I couldn't have been bothered with all the groupie hype of the official tour. The street itself is smaller than you'd imagine and has its own security guard (in fairness he was a nice guy)
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Melbourne - Its NO Sydney!!!!!!!!!!!
We flew to Melbourne (narrowly missing the flight - points finger at Tina!).
The city is OK but its certainly no Sydney! First day we went to St Kilda and it was a ghost town. There's a few bits and pieces to see but alot of places are hidden very well and the lonely planet book is pretty bare on the sightseeing end of things. Needless to say theirs plenty of nice bars and restaurants about but most of the nicer one's are found down alley ways.
We tried to get a table in a Thai restaurant called Cookie but the place was booked up (and jammed) for the night so we found a nice chinese called Dumpling on Swanston St, the portions Myself and Tina got would have easily fed a family of four (with some leftovers for the dog!)...not bad consider it was only AU$70 and that included 4 bottles of Tiger Beer.
We went to The Crown Casino and played abit of Blackjack which I left the casino $150 richer!
A few people have compared Sydney / Melbourne to Dublin / Galway althought I wouldn't in even try and put Melbourne in the same league as Galway...........with the exception of Tuam of course!
Captain Cook Statue
Bikie enjoying a beer
Crown Casino
Melbourne Gaol
Chinatown
St Paul's Cathedral
The city is OK but its certainly no Sydney! First day we went to St Kilda and it was a ghost town. There's a few bits and pieces to see but alot of places are hidden very well and the lonely planet book is pretty bare on the sightseeing end of things. Needless to say theirs plenty of nice bars and restaurants about but most of the nicer one's are found down alley ways.
We tried to get a table in a Thai restaurant called Cookie but the place was booked up (and jammed) for the night so we found a nice chinese called Dumpling on Swanston St, the portions Myself and Tina got would have easily fed a family of four (with some leftovers for the dog!)...not bad consider it was only AU$70 and that included 4 bottles of Tiger Beer.
We went to The Crown Casino and played abit of Blackjack which I left the casino $150 richer!
A few people have compared Sydney / Melbourne to Dublin / Galway althought I wouldn't in even try and put Melbourne in the same league as Galway...........with the exception of Tuam of course!
St Kilda
Captain Cook Statue
Bikie enjoying a beer
Crown Casino
Melbourne Gaol
Chinatown
St Paul's Cathedral
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