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Melbourne, Victoria – July 1999

Coffee shops, garage sales and a trip to the drive

Melbourne, Victoria – April 1999

What are the rules of “Aussie Rules”?

Melbourne Travel Facts

The Basics
City Name: Melbourne

Where is it located?: Melbourne is located in the middle of Victoria, on Australia’s southern coast. It is in the southeastern corner of Australia, with an emphasis on the south.

Why do people go there?: There is a joke that everyone from Australia is either from Sydney or [...]

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 February 2003 – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Olivia Shelton offers some options to help make a

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 [...]