Victoria

Best travel reports from Victoria

Spending the day with some culture

I finally went to the Melbourne Museum to explore a little bit more about this city

A day in the Zoo

I have spent the day in the Zoo with a friend to avoid Melbourne Cup

Day 13 - Great Ocean Road, here we come

Today we finally pick up our rental car and start our road trip on the Great Ocean Road. The first stop is Winki Pop at Bells Beach. The view is magnificent and the weather is...

Day 3 - New Year's Eve in Melbourne

Today, we are heading to the modern waterfront district of Melbourne, the Docklands. The sun is shining and it's 25 degrees Celsius. We have already read that there are many...

Philip Island and Wilsons Promontory National Park

From the Great Ocean Road, we wanted to go to Philip Island. To save some time, we skipped the last three places that are part of the Great Ocean Road. According to the travel...

The journey begins: Off to Australia

Farewell at Duisburger Hbf :´(

Slip! Slop! Slap!

Slip! Slop! Slap! Slip on a Shirt! Slop on sunscreen! Slap on a hat! Following this Australian motto, we spent the next 2 days. Actually, we only wanted to make a short stopover...

The Great Ocean Road

Ah, the Great Ocean Road.. The road right along the coast, always with the sound of the sea in our ears, the blooming vegetation along the way, and watching the grazing...

Tag 070 to Tag 072 🇦🇺 Australia 🇦🇺

Good morning Germany 🇩🇪 With a 10-hour time difference, we report from Melbourne and our new 6-week home "the Riddler" 🚐 with sunshine and pleasant temperatures of 15-35°C....

In the fog - Great Ocean Road, Lock Ard Gorge, Gibson's Steps, Otway Rainforest, Apollo Bay, Cape Patton, Memorial Arch, Lighthouse, Bells Beach Day 2 / 15.01.2019

The next day we had an early start and after breakfast we left at 7:45 am by bus to Lock Ard Gorge. In 1878, a fairly large ship - the Lock Ard - sank there, with only 2 out of...

6.11.2018 - present Melbourne

By now we have been living in Melbourne for almost a month and it's time for an update. We have found a room in a super nice cottage in Clifton Hill, a beautifully located...

Some sights of Melbourne

To be able to visit some sights in such a short time, the Hop on Hop off Bus is a good option. We are staying next to the Queen Victoria Market, that's where we start. First, we...

Roadtrip 2 - Great Ocean Road

On Saturday morning we picked up our campervan. Pretty cool thing, we'll report on it in a few days when we get to know the camper better. We invited Jenny for our trip to the...

Mornington Peninsula with Trish

Today we took a one-hour trip out of the city to Trish's place in Mornington Peninsula (that's what the region is called). We met Trish and her husband Ed through our 'Navi...

Arrived in Melbourne

Yesterday morning we started at 6:30 a.m., with the plane 4h 10min. over 3100km from Darwin to Melbourne. The day before, we had a lot to do to get all our luggage into our 2...

Melbourne City

Since we didn't drive from Adelaide to Melbourne ourselves, we arrived earlier than originally planned. So we spent 6 nights in Melbourne. The longest we stayed in any other...

Philip Islands

On November 18, 2018, we took a day trip to Philip Islands. By 'we,' I mean Julia, Charlotte, Lena, Vivien, and myself. We were truly the perfect squad and got along super well...

The Grampians

The highlight of this year for me (and probably most people) is the leisure time. You have so much fun on the weekends, you can do whatever you want and meet so many different...

Melbourne on point!

Fashion level: Super cool!

From waterfalls, kangaroos and koalas

17.05.-18.05.2017 In Adelaide we quickly refill our supplies and head towards Grampians National Park. We spend the night at a rest stop next to a highway and sleep better than...

6 Jobs in 4 months - a strong record

The sad and almost funny thing about it is the fact that I THOUGHT I WAS super prepared for the job search in Australia...

Great Ocean Road-Melbourne

About the Great Ocean Road to Melbourne

Observation wheel and botanical gardens

The perfect day to visit the observation wheel and botanical gardens

Discovery of different parks in the city

A walk in the park like the song but much nicer and greener

It will

I first spent 2 days at Lake Hume, on a beautiful complex with a pool and lake. Had to calm down first. That was possible here. The place was almost empty. I have the meadow for...

Tag 22 - Great Ocean Road / Wye River

Since the sights were heavily frequented by various tour groups the day before, we wanted to leave early today to avoid the rush. At around 9:30 a.m. we arrived at the viewing...

Tag 21 - Great Ocean Road / Wye River

Hoping that the weather would improve, we booked another kayak tour, this time to see seals in the bay in front of Apollo Bay. With 14 degrees and light rain, we were happy...

Tag 20 - Great Ocean Road/ Wye River

Fortunately without a hangover but unfortunately with cloudy skies, we left Melbourne towards the “Great Ocean Road”. The approximately 240km long coastal road offers great...

Tag 19 - Melbourne

We spent the morning on the last long drive (340km) to Melbourne. We spontaneously booked a night at the campsite so we could take the bus into the city. Melbourne is the second...

02.05.2023 - Back into travel mode

Here we go again, after three months in Melbourne, today I packed my bags and checked out of the hostel, and I will be heading to Sydney tonight. I have decided to take the...