MelbourneBlogs we like

  1. Inside the Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas

    Blog: Hackpacker - 8 November 2009

    This weekend I went to the first workshop at Melbourne's

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  2. Flemington by fascinator

    Blog: Hackpacker - 3 November 2009

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  3. Cheap Holidays / backpacking:Cheap flights: Saving $500 or more flying Melbourne to Egpyt

    Blog: Cheap Backpacking in Bulgaria - 9 October 2009

    CHEAP BACKPACKING/CHEAP FLIGHTS:Stick your tongue out at high flight prices Everyone wants a cheap backpacking experience, and getting a cheap flight is obviously an important part of doing this.

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  4. Who is Sam Knott?

    Blog: Hackpacker - 25 September 2009

    As you're driving from Melbourne towards Warburton, you might notice your health being toasted by a Father Christmas-like gent by the side of the road.

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  5. Melbourne, Australia

    Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 21 September 2009

    For the most part we have hit the ground running when we've arrived in new places, but our start in Melbourne was a slow one. Our flight from Auckland didn't get in until almost midnight and the following day was a soaker.

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  6. Southern Star dimming

    Blog: Hackpacker - 17 September 2009

    In 2008 Melbourne's skyline saw the building-up of a large Ferris Wheel in the re-vamped Docklands.

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  7. Out of Luck

    Blog: Hackpacker - 30 August 2009

    When I had to write about definitively Melbournian experiences for Lonely Planet's the City Book I included this:

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  8. MIFFed film goers

    Blog: Hackpacker - 9 August 2009

    As the line to 10 Conditions of Love sprawled out the front of Melbourne's Town Hall and ran a full city block up to Russell St, China's decision to oppose the film's screening was looking like the best publicity the could hope for.

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  9. Melbourne Pt.2

    Blog: Where is Rob? - 6 August 2009

    My second visit to Melbourne was quite an eventful one involving 2 jobs, lots of Tennis, an art exhibition, as well as a 3 day stay in an Australian hospital with a suspected case of swine flu.I was staying back of the nunnery so was taking full advantage of the free food on offer there and stretching my budget as fair as humanly possible. Last time I was in Melbourne I was introduced to a

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  10. The Long Road to Melbourne

    Blog: Where is Rob? - 19 July 2009

    It all started when we got to Townsville and thought maybe we should head back to Melbourne for a bit. We saw an advertisement all over town asking if anyone wanted to join a guy who was making the journey to Melbourne on Friday and would very much like it if someone other people would like to join him to save on money as well as share the driving. When we first saw the ad, I didn't think much

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  11. Video Tour: Lonely Planet's HQ

    Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 9 July 2009

    Interested in seeing Lonely Planet's Melbourne offices? Here's an Orson Welles-inspired single-shot sequence up the many stairs of the Footscray offices of Lonely Planet by this out-of-breath FlipVideoist.Warning: It's not an award-winning production by an means, but you can see where some super coffee's made -- and a knock-out view of Melbourne up top.

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  12. On Platform 2: The 8.05 to Adelaide!

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 9 July 2009

    In 2007 I underwent a journey of discovery regarding interstate train travel in Australia.

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  13. 'How to Travel' Video Series: Part One

    Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 2 July 2009

    CHECKING INTO A HOTEL

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  14. Crocodile shows

    Blog: Oh, the places you'll go! - 28 June 2009

    Today we went to a crocodile show at the Melbourne Zoo called Crocodilia. Almost five months ago to the day, we went to a crocodile show at the Phuket Zoo in Thailand. Can you spot the differences? I know, I know, it’s easy to see: at the Melbourne Zoo, the keeper is handling a juvenile American [...]

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  15. The Great Ocean Road

    Blog: Where is Rob? - 25 June 2009

    The organising of the great ocean road, road trip took just about the same amount of effort as the actual road trip itself. It was Wednesday evening and I was enjoying a rather stale bowl of cereal in the hostel kitchen when Tommy came up to me and said a random French dude was looking for some people to do the Great Ocean Road with. At this point I had never even heard of it and therefore was

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  16. Three Melbourne Art Galleries

    Blog: Hackpacker - 22 June 2009

    If you ask any other Australian what they think of Melbournians, the word 'arty' comes up as often as 'coffee'. We're known for our black skivvies as much as our long blacks.

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  17. Australia vs Japan

    Blog: Where is Rob? - 17 June 2009

    On one of my nights in Melbourne we all headed off to the MCG stadium as the Australian and Japanese football teams were in town for the final world cup qualifier of their group. I had never seen international football before so was looking forward to seeing some, even though it was just Australia and Japan hardly football heavy weights.At this point I had spent more time in Japan than I had in

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  18. Melbourne's Cultural Capitol

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 12 June 2009

    Don't it always seem to goThat you don't know what you got 'til it's goneThey paved paradiseAnd put up a parking lot

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  19. Australia

    Blog: Where is Rob? - 10 June 2009

    I have made it to the southern hemisphere and I am currently in a very cold Melbourne. You would think I would be buzzing but it is oooooh sooooo cold and I am oooooh sooooo missing Asia. Not sure how I am going to go about blogging now as I am going to be in Melbourne 2 months maybe, weekly updateds maybe?! Not sure.Anyway can't believe I am in Oz and well eventually (give it a day maybe) be

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  20. Literally Melbourne

    Blog: Hackpacker - 24 May 2009

    This weekend saw the opening of the Emerging Writers' Festival, a uniquely Melbourne event that was created to showcase "the best writers you haven't

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  21. In the Loop

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 15 May 2009

    “I'll have to call back, I’m going into a tunnel!”How often do you hear this spoken into a mobile phone when travelling through Melbourne’s City Loop? Too often, probably.

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  22. Brack is back

    Blog: Hackpacker - 6 May 2009

    John Brack made me move to Melbourne. His iconic painting, Collins St 5pm, takes you into his view of the city as he waited for his friend to knock-off work.

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  23. Life begins at the Op*

    Blog: round the world - the other way - 27 March 2009

    I’ve written before about how Australia’s Op Shops blow the pants off Britain’s charity shops. In the UK, you tend to find out-of-date travel guides, recipe books you already owned, yet have never used, and CD singles from long-forgotten 1990s boybands. The merchandise tends to be crammed into a couple of musty rooms and [...]

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  24. Marvellous Melbourne: My Favourite Things

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 16 March 2009

    With all the international travel I've done over the past year, it's easy to forget that my home town, Melbourne, is a popular tourist destination in itself.

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  25. Train of Thought

    Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 3 February 2009

    Two years ago I took the overnight train from Melbourne to Sydney for the first time.

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