Melbourne Travel Stories Articles

Swagman #20 – Back to Sydney, Down to Melbourne – Melbourne and Sydney, Australia

The run down the east coast has seen George’s bank account dry up. Fortunately, there’s plenty of free things to do in Melbourne.

Melbourne’s Sun-Worshipping Saint – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Alison Brick found this beach suburb, southeast of

Chasing Horizons #29a: Melbourne Friend (- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Meeting up with an old friend contributed to Phil’s shift in lifestyle from “roaming backpacker” to “urban yuppie”.

Chasing Horizons #29b : More Melbourne Friends

Phil reckons those travellers that make their way Down Under but only seem to settle in Sydney are missing out on the country’s best city.

Travels without a Plan #10

Melbourne Mumblings
After all the excitement of the opening weekend of the Olympics, to say that arriving in Melbourne was a bit of a shock to the system would be an understatement. It also did not help that for the day before I was feeling like death warmed up, I think with a 48 hour [...]

The Road to Becoming OZ Experienced – Phillip Island from Melbourne

Photojournalist David Savage travels Australia on the OZ Experience…
Phillip Island
Phillip Island is just a two-hour drive from Melbourne. As we crossed the bridge joining the mainland to the island we entered an Island that was declared a Nature Park in 1997. The Island is home to Australia’s famous colony of ‘Little Penguins’ at ‘Penguin [...]

The Road to Becoming OZ Experienced – Melbourne from Cape Otway

Photojournalist David Savage travels Australia on the OZ Experience…
On The Bus…
From Bimbi Park in Cape Otway we drove for just a few minutes to Maits Rainforest. This is the last piece of ‘Cool Temperate Rainforest’ in the area, wear a jacket because it van be pretty cool. Some of the group had been here [...]

Melbourne – The Forgotten City – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Everyone knows about Sydney’s Opera House, the Out