After an amazing week in Bali, we flew back early Friday morning to Perth. We met with Judi and Arthur who then took us to Terminal 2, where we had a coffee with them and Arthur's relative Alan who had just arrived from Melbourne.
We then checked in and waited to board our 5.30pm flight to Adelaide. For dinner that evening before boarding we ate our first Red Rooster (a fast food joint).
We arrived in Adelaide late evening and caught a cab to our first Aussie hostel, Backerpacker Oz where a flew blown karaoke caught be heard a few streets back. We were in a 4 bed dorm with a guy and his mum.
Seeing as the following morning we were catching a bus to Melbourne we needed to make a packed lunch, we went late night exploring in search of a shop. We found a Coles, which opened a midnight (very odd opening hours). So we explored the town a bit more, the only people we saw were club-goers and tramps. A delightful view of the city. However I think there is something quite peaceful about walking around a city at night. Finally Coles opened and we bought some bits of food, and made our way back to bed at the hostel, ready for a very early wake up call.
We woke up just before 6 and before the sun had risen yet and walked with all our luggage to the bus station and waited to board our bus to Melbourne. The journey was long and tiring and not too scenic as we didn't take the Great Ocean Road route.
We arrived in Melbourne around 7pm and checked into Urban Hotel, a huge backpackers pretty much in the centre of the city. We dumped our things in another 4 bed dorm and made our way in search of a cheap restaurant. We found a inexpensive Italian in South Melbourne where we ordered a pizza between us and I had a milkshake and Nath a beer. However the waiter messed up which meant we ended up getting 2 pizzas for the price of 1, winning!!
We consulted our trusty Lonely Planet for tips on where to visit and one of the tips was the Eureka Tower which gives you incredible 360 degrees of Melbourne and because the sky was so clear the views were amazing.
There was also the highest post box in Australia there.
Melbourne is such a great city and I reckon I could easily live there. They have their own tram network which is free to use in the city and autumny trees aligning the streets and they also have St Kilda which is apparently very pretty and is the water part of Melbourne, however we didn't have time to visit it.
For lunch we headed over to South Melbourne Market and it was awesome. I mean the food selection was insane, I tasted some delicious fresh gnocchi and everything just smelt amazing. And Nathan and I treated ourself to a large piece of Millionaire's Shortbread and it was wow. There was also a great Jewellary selection and I made my own necklace for $4!! I wish I lived in Melbourne and had my own house and some money because I would have bought everything.
That afternoon there was an AFL game on and we bought the cheapest tickets and headed over to the MCG, where it felt very autumny. We watched the Adelaide Crows play Carlton and the atmosphere was great and I actually understood what was going on. If you are ever going to visit Australia to have to watch a game.
On the way back I'm pretty sure we walked through Richmond Park and had dinner at a Lonely Planet recommendation, Red Pepper which is an authentic vegetarian Indian restaurant and it was so satisfying and super delicious.
And after walking back to the hostel through the city this was the view!
I really hope I can come back to this city!
Xoxo
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