Small Adventures

Melbourne post Avalon

My travel companions decided to sneak out of the house without me this morning, letting me sleep in a bit. But to not worry me too much, they also then sent me a

05 Mar 2023
Melbourne

Thunderstorms (Melbourne Style)

Wake up, look at phone: forecast 100% chance of thunderstorms. Get up, look out of windows: blue skies. And this was a trend that kept us on our toes for quite a few

27 Jan 2016
Melbourne

Australia Day in Melbourne (again)

History appears to be repeating itself slightly here as last year, I also spent Australia day driving down to Melbourne and spending the day here. There are however a few important differences. Like

26 Jan 2016
Melbourne And Great Ocean Road 2015

Great Ocean Road

After the glorious achievement of actually getting all seven uni students out of bed, the great ocean road was tackled. It's still overcast, and the roads were slightly damp, but they didn't manage

09 Aug 2015
Melbourne

Melbourne, the fast version

So I've discovered how it can be so cheap to get a bed in the middle of downtown Melbourne. You give a permit to the workers over the road to keep working through

09 Aug 2015
Melbourne And Great Ocean Road 2015

Melbourne Student Life

So, usually when I go to Melbourne, I try to leave in the morning so that it's during the day where the Kangaroo's aren't quite as car-happy. But good students also have to

08 Aug 2015
Melbourne 2015

Melbourne with blue sky

Unfortunately, blue sky might mean that it is slightly prettier, but it also means that it was quite a bit colder. Well, I guess you can't have everything. Except perhaps in summer, where

29 Jun 2015
Melbourne 2015

Melbourne in the light

Looking out the window in the morning was rather unmotivational and as such we thought the sun deserved a bit of a head start that morning to try and make the city a

28 Jun 2015
Melbourne 2015

Melbourne in the Cold

Well, the title is a little deceiving as nothing seems to be as capable as Canberra when it comes to squeezing the living heat out of humans. I've lived in Australia for a

27 Jun 2015
Melbourne

Melbourne without Australia Day

Canberra (Australia's capital) has large fireworks twice a year. New Year, and Skyfire. It's always held over the large central lake, and the riverside is always completely bustling with people on those nights.

27 Jan 2015
Melbourne

Melbourne and Australia Day

Only three weeks of holidays to go before the University life starts again, so I guess it's time that I finally start traveling a little bit. And after it proved to be so

26 Jan 2015
Melbourne

Melbourne

Well, the weather did not improve. By the time we got out, it was wet and freezing. All the signs to crawl back under the blanket and wait for the clouds to give

18 Sep 2014
Melbourne

Melbourne Night

Jumping straight from a 20 hour day involving Sydney straight into a car headed for Melbourne. The day was going to involve roughly the same amount of driving as the previous one except

17 Sep 2014