Melbourne

Best travel reports from Melbourne

Homeport

Cheers Mate, How is it going... very unusual and it can really get on your nerves when you are addressed like this 100 times a day! But by now it's okay :-) But let's start from...

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 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...

The journey begins: Off to Australia

Farewell at Duisburger Hbf :´(

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...

Melbourne on point!

Fashion level: Super cool!

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

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...

February 19, 2023 - Back to (work) everyday life

No, fortunately my journey is not over yet, luckily normal work life will have to manage without me for a while longer. But after four months of traveling, I get to engage in a...

02/02/2023 from Geelong to Devonport - Tasmania

02/02/2023 from Geelong to Devonport - Tasmania We sleep in, the children from the neighborhood left yesterday evening, but they will come back this afternoon, the little pink...

Australia! Melbourne - Day 1+2; City Centre, Yarra River, Queen Victoria Market, White Night

Update 16.02. + 17.02. Now we have actually finished New Zealand and have already spent two days in Melbourne. We landed in Melbourne at 10:30 PM. We didn't arrive at the hostel...

Melbourne

Now we have already spent a week in Melbourne or in the neighborhoods of Melbourne. By now, we have gotten used to the cold and changeable weather. One day 35 degrees and sun...

It's my Birthday!

Rahel has been keeping a big secret about my 29th birthday all the time. Of course, this was not very easy when we are together 24/7. When the time came, I was allowed to unwrap...

Melbourne Day 1

We made it and we're in Down Under. Everything went as planned and now we're enjoying Melbourne. The flight from Bangkok to Melbourne was smooth and the immigration process took...

Day 4 - 2023 starts in Melbourne

The new year starts in Melbourne with temperatures above 35 degrees. In the hostel, we meet another traveler who is on the way to the beach. Until then, we haven't decided yet...

Melbourne - the grand finale in Australia

The last two (or three) days of our stay in Australia were spent in Melbourne. As long as we didn't have to navigate through the heavy traffic by car (a distance of 300m can...

On the road with our car - a short odyssey

Our car, our apartment, our bed

28.01.2023 from Alex to Toorongo Waterfall Free Camping

To anticipate it, we had a beautiful day today, not that yesterday wasn't beautiful too, but today we saw a lot. First, we pass through a hilly landscape with yellow ripe...

arrived in Melbourne

After yesterday's 11-hour train ride, I arrived in the southernmost city on my journey: Melbourne. The traffic in the city center is much calmer and less hectic than in Sydney....

Melbourne

After an 8-hour flight with Jetstar, we finally reached Melbourne. Jörg (a friend of Annika's dad) picked us up directly from the airport and we were warmly welcomed by him and...

What to do in Melbourne?

Since we arrived in Melbourne, we have mainly taken care of bureaucratic things such as TFN, bank account, and ultimately bought our car, a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder. In terms of...

Lichterfest in Melbourne

Sunday in sunshine and at midday. Jetlag is still a topic, but we manage. The weather is topic number 2, because it's cold and humid. Fortunately, it only rains at night....

Melbourne my pearl

Melbourne, a wonderful city in southern Australia. Definitely No°1 on my city list so far. In addition to four seasons in one day, Melbourne has a lot to offer: Many small...

Tag 19 - Mornington Peninsula

Today we are going to the Moonlit Sanctuary. There are supposed to be wombats there and we finally want to see one (not just ones hit by the side of the road 😔). It is our...

Day 12 - marked by chaos

Today we fly back to Melbourne to explore the Great Ocean Road in the next few days. Dennis has received the email with the information that our flight from Hobart to Melbourne...