Victoria

The Langham is renown to have one of the best high teas in Melbourne, so what better way to celebrate my 23rd birthday than by taking part in one of their high teas… one with a theme of course! It turns out that Barbie is moving out of her Malibu dream house and is residing [...]

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Port Phillip Island Koala Conservation Centre

Finding Koala’s on Port Phillip Island

by Nicole on January 9, 2013

Making the trek out to Port Phillip Island is a long one. About a two-hour drive out of Melbourne, the island is home to a host of sights – including a chocolate factory, a Grand Prix track, a maze park, some seals, and a ship wreck - but we were going there for one reason – [...]

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View from Eureka Skydeck in Melbourne, Victoria

Melbourne City Views from Eureka Skydeck 88

by Nicole on December 15, 2012

The best part of having international friends come and visit is that you can be a tourist in your own city, and so it was with that logic that I convince Kat – a friend visiting from the UK – to head to the Eureka Skydeck 88 to see the best views across Melbourne. Situated in [...]

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What Melbourne’s Street Art says about Love

February 12, 2012
Melbourne's street art of a boy and girl skipping and holding hands

“I’ve got a mind full of her…” Art of any type is an expression of emotion regardless of whether it be displayed in galleries, at home, or on the streets. When visiting Melbourne’s lane ways, where much of the cities street art can be found, I was surprised to find a huge amount of art expressing [...]

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7 tips for making the most of your Great Ocean Road experience

January 23, 2012
Road and sign on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia

One of the most popular activities to do when visiting Victoria is to take a drive down the Great Ocean Road. The drive, which begins an hour outside of Melbourne in Torquay and stretches over 250km’s of road to Warrnambool, takes you through surf towns, National Parks, hippy communities, and of course to some of the popular limestone rock formations [...]

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Melbourne’s Street Art: Hosier Lane

December 27, 2011
Overview photo of Hosier Lane off of Flinders Street with Street art

When talking about Melbourne’s street art the name Hosier Lane is sure to pop up. Perhaps the most famous of the street art lane ways Hosier Lane, located just a short walk from Federation Square, is full of some of the best street art Melbourne has to offer. Melbourne is the art capital of Australia, but what most [...]

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Travel Bug Tuesday – Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

December 21, 2011
Myer Melbourne's Christmas window display of Santa Claus is coming to town in Bourke Street

When walking down Bourke Street, Melbourne’s shopping strip, it’s hard to miss the Myer Christmas window display. Each year visitors and locals head to the city to visit what has become a Christmas tradition.  A queue of people will be snapping photos or gazing into the windows at the moving display and a soundtrack of [...]

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