So after a wee bit of disapointment in St.Kilda, what has the city offered us in terms of places to go and people to see?!

Well in all honesty, not really a great deal – comparatively speaking (didn’t spell that right, did I) Sydney is Australias London, with the Opera House like Parliment and Sydney Harbour Bridge like London Bridge etc. You know that there are plenty of sights for the tourist to gawp at, chat about and snap up… Now if I compare Melbourne to anywhere in England it would have to be Merseyside – they are both home to businesses, both are near the coast, both have large shopping malls and both are home to cheesy soaps. But, unlike Brooky, I used to watch and love Neighbours, until they lost the stas like Beth and Brad – then it all went a little silly.

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But, dig a little deeper and below the surface you will find little gems that make parts of Melbourne really enjoyable. Em and I spent a day of total wandering yesterday, starting off with an hour and a half webcam chat to the folks – really cool to see them again, moving around and larking about, obviously having enjoyed a few glasses of wine between them. My dog (bless ‘im) is looking well, bigger and full of the joys of winter – no matter what the weather is like there – shame there was no mic at the internet place, else I’d of really confused him.

Then it was onto the gym in St.Kilda which I loved, costing $25 for a months membership – that’s 10 quid!!

Walking out of the gym we were greeted by a glorious day of total deep blue sky, so we stopped off at the botanical gardens where we picked up a real cuppa tea, tea leaves and all, tried to read those left in the bottom – which jus told me not to shake the tea strainer in the future.

After a long walk around the gardens where the stereotype of the chinese constantly taking photosproved strangely true! We made our way along the yarra river to the Olympic Park where we met up with a lovely fence barring our entrance to anywhere decent. Next stop Melbourne Open where we enquired about tickets to see Murray vs Nadal – All sold out and a massive queue of punters who were prepared to kill in order to secure a cancellation ticket.

Moving on we trekked into the city to pick up our tickets for “Shaolin Monks – Legends of Kung-Fu” at one of the theatres and headed back to the hostel where I cooked yet another diamond Barbeque! Yum Yum…

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