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Melbourne

Melbourne

We arrived in Melbourne today. Our friend Sharon picked us and took us into town for dinner and drinks. We ate in the heart of the arts part of the city near the river. I had wonderful calamari while trying an espresso martini. After dinner we crossed the bridge to...
Aquarium and Wildlife World

Aquarium and Wildlife World

Today we caught the train into town and went to the Aquarium. It was pretty good, one of the better ones we’ve seen. The platypuses were pretty cute and they are a bit smaller than I imagined. The Aquarium had an impressive shark tank and wonderful tropical...
Pancakes on the Rocks

Pancakes on the Rocks

After getting some advice from the locals at dinner last night we headed back to The Rocks to an IHop cousin called Pancakes on the Rocks. Once again we stuffed ourselves stupid but it was totally worth it. After breakfast we did some shopping at the weekend market,...
Sydney

Sydney

We arrived in Sydney today at 8:30 in the morning Sydney time. Georgia had no trouble with immigration being a New Zealander but I got stuck in the “other passports” queue. We hopped the train to North Sydney and met Maurice. After another breakfast...

A pretty average weekend

This weekend was pretty average. I checked out the Armageddon Expo down at the TSB Arena on Saturday. I went a couple years ago and it was pretty interesting and there was lots to see. This year though it seemed a bit empty, the stalls were a bit crap, and all in all...

Twitter vs Facebook

For those not in the know, Twitter has become the new social networking buzz. Twitter works very similarly to the status updates of Facebook but with a much cleaner interface. People create an account, start following others and then tweet about what they are doing....