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The start in the hostel

After the long journey I was really tired. I just wanted to shower and sleep. I was assigned a mixed 6-bed room. Let's go to the second floor. Of course the stairs, not the...

February 9th/10th, 2018

Last stop in 🇦🇺: Melbourne

Melbourne

I spent about a week in Melbourne. I explored the city, spent a lot of time in the library, and ate a lot of good food... The first few days I stayed in a hostel in the Fitzroy...

Waterfront Walk

Today's walk led along the north and south banks of the Yarra River. The Yarra River flows through the center of Melbourne. The walk started at Federation Square in sultry...

Melbourne

Hello there! We flew from Indonesia to Melbourne, our home for the next few months. We have been here for a month already and have explored quite a bit. We have taken walks in...

River Impressions

As a conclusion to my stay in Melbourne, I wanted to experience the city from the river. So, I took a 2-hour river cruise. It first went upstream to an island located in the...

Queen Victoria Market & Sea Life

As a visitor to Melbourne, the Queen Victoria Market located north of the city center should be on the itinerary. In various buildings, built in the 1870s and standing parallel...

Melbourne: City Center (CBD)

My last stop in Australia is Melbourne. From Alice Springs, I flew back into civilization to this incredibly amazing city to feel good. My absolute number 1 in Australia!...

28.01.2023 by Alex to Toorongo Waterfall Free Camping

28.01.2023 by Alex to Toorongo Waterfall Free Camping To get straight to the point, we had a great day today. Not that yesterday wasn't also beautiful, but today we saw a lot....

Day 15 - AO @ Melbourne

10.01.23 Once upon a time in a foreign land, there was a funny duo. At dawn, they rode on Yoshi, the faithful companion, through streets spiked with holes. After unexpected...

Melbourne I

Melbourne was a cool city to visit. I stayed in St. Kilda, nearby the beach. There were some museums to visit, I got to play pool in the bar of my hostel and I visited Queen...

'You learn from mistakes'

Our first 'normal' day in Melbourne started quite relaxed at 9 o'clock in the morning. With Sam's help, we worked out a first-day plan. First, we familiarized ourselves with the...

Crash course in life

A few days ago, an old school friend who is currently also working as an au pair in Australia said to me, 'Vreni, Australia is like a crash course in life.' And she was right....

20.03. Back in town: Melbourne

Continuing along the wonderful Great Ocean Road until just before Torquay to the 'world-famous' Bells Beach, a mecca for surfers (famous for its particularly high waves and...

Australia: A few days in Melbourne

3.1. - 6.1. As a stopover from Asia to New Zealand, we spent a few days in Melbourne. The city was great, we really liked it. We would definitely go there again!!! The few...

German cuisine

Hello everyone. It has been some time and I have experienced some nice things in the last few days. On Thursday, I had a premiere. Not only did I cook for my host family...

Tag 25 - Melbourne/St. Kilda

The first night in a real bed for about three weeks was a nice change, so we stayed in bed a little longer. Since it was unfortunately quite cloudy, we drove into the city and...

Tag 24 - Melbourne/St. Kilda

Today we unfortunately had to give up the camper and make our way back to Melbourne. After driving 5,260 kilometers, we parked the car in the camper rental parking lot. The...

Melbourne: Queen Victoria Market

The oldest market in Melbourne offers everything you can imagine: Delicacies, fruits and vegetables, art, clothing, and lots of music again :-)! Time flies here and you can feel...

That's consistent!

The past few days have been relatively relaxed. After taking care of the important things at the bank and with our tax number, we were able to take some time for ourselves and...

Tag 65 - Melbourne-Hong Kong-Frankfurt-Stuttgart

Our Down Under journey is over - 65 days, 38 beds, approximately 5,200 kilometers driven with 4 rental cars and 9 flights. We are excited that we were able to experience many...

#01 - Melbourne (18.10. - 21.10.16)

Not such a successful start...

Day 26 - Melbourne/St. Kilda - return journey

Unfortunately, after almost four weeks it was already the last day of vacation. We started with a relaxed breakfast and picked up a few snacks for the flight at the supermarket....

Melbourne - Stop #10

6 - 9 December 7 December Greeter Tour 8 December Botanical Garden Met Franzi and her friends in the evening 9 December River Tour Flight at 23:45 (Airport pickup...

Happy New Year!

We celebrated the new year with an amazing fireworks display (we were practically right underneath them) at 17 degrees (really cold... I thought it was summer here 😉). Slide...

The Botanical Garden of Melbourne

After settling in and making our first acquaintances, we went to the Botanical Garden and let ourselves be enchanted by nature. Beautiful little gardens that are lovingly cared...

23.04. Melbourne 🇳🇿

In Melbourne we felt like we were back in civilization 😃 Despite having 4.6 million inhabitants, the city seemed relatively calm to us. Overall, we spent 5 nights here in an...

Off to the warmth!

We are sitting at the airport again and will spend a few hours on the plane. This time 4 hours + 30 minutes time difference. This is not a typo, here it really goes back half an...

Day 18 - Travel day to Dandenong

Today we will be driving approximately 320 km back to Melbourne, or Dandenong specifically, so there isn't much to report and there aren't many pictures. Dandenong is quite...