Last weekend was a busy weekend in Melbourne city. We met up with a couple of Australian friends who we met in Ireland and enjoyed a weekend full of wine with them! It was great as we could stay in town overnight and not go back to our place to sleep (which is pretty far away).
Spent Saturday hanging around in St Kilda. It is a lovely place with lots of restaurants and bars to choose from in variable price ranges (of course most of them were not compatible with our wallets for now until we are not working). The prices are not too different from Dublin and it is quite possible to spend just as much money here than in Dublin. If some products are more expensive here then others are cheaper. For example, petrol price per litre varies from 125.9 to 145 AUD. This is pretty much 1 EUR per litre. No wonder we can feed our Falcon that much! Supermarkets around here give a discount of 8c per litre of fuel on purchases over 30 AUD. European countries should learn to do that as well.. However, we did have the most expensive beers in the world. A pint of beer cost 9 and a glass of Leffe cost 11 - a total of shocking 20 AUD!
Back to St Kilda. There is nothing much to say about it really, I will just upload a few pics of the surroundings and what it looks like. Do not expect to see any points of interest on them. The weather on Saturday was about 26 degrees but the water was really cold. I think maybe 18-19 degrees. I still made myself get in there and cool my head down from previous nights drinking. I really needed the refreshment!
Oh yes, a picture from the street as well where we live, just for the ones who are interested :)
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| View from our "terrace" |
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| Street View |
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| St Kilda |
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| Nothing to see here! |
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| To the beach with an umbrella? |
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| St Kilda graffiti |
Oh yes, must mention that Melbourne has a lot of hidden street art. When wondering around in the city one can often spot some excellent and not so excellent graffiti on the walls. I will capture more in the future if I do not forget to bring my camera.
Sunday was another hot day to spend on the beach, so the destination was Port Melbourne. It has its sandy beach, fancy apartments and some nice walking route with views over MLB skyline. Absolutely beautiful on a day like that! We must remeber to go back there to get some fish & chips that looked soooo tempting!!!
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| Melbourne skyline from Port Melbourne |
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| Vespa for two! |
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