I've been here for close to a year and I have never, ever seen Fosters being sold anywhere, let alone seeing someone drink it. Unfortunately it is the only beer available at the Grand Prix… Read More

The boats from the Volvo Race Around the World stopped over in Melbourne on March 11. No they don't race Volvos but carbonfibre yachts including an entry sponsored by Disney (now you know w… Read More

Melbourne considers itself the arts and culture capitalof Australia. This is especially true if you considerthe amount of graffiti all over the city. Here are somemasterful installations.Ev… Read More

I got back to Melbourne in time for the tail end of the Commonwealth Games at the end of March. These games are a chance for ex-colonies of the British Empire to kick the Mother Country's ar… Read More

I came across a softball game on a lazy Sunday afternoon. If the name of the baseball diamond wasn't so poetic, I would have swore I was somewhere in the midwest Read More

The travel brochure always show Australia as sunny beach or hot desert outback. They never ever mention snow, which was farthest from my mind when I went on a backpacking trip in the Snowy M… Read More

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We went on a camping trip in the Grampians, famous for their unusual rock formations. We had a surprisingly sunny weekend (rare for Melbourne). We car camped and went on various day hikes in… Read More

Will be uploaded real soon!Routeburn TrackAble Tasman Track, a walk on the beach.Sandfly Point at the end of the Milford Track, "Finally, a sunny day".Click here to see the pictures in yahoo… Read More

My flight back to L.A. after almost a year in Melbourne Read More

Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker Read More

Christmas is a strange time in Australia. While the commerical and religious overtones are evident everywhere, it is also the official start of the summer holidays with the kids being off fo… Read More

The daytime temperature on New Years eve was 42 degrees Celsius, a hot day even if you are in Las Vegas. When the midnight came around, it was still around 30C but an estimated half a mil… Read More

The first weekend of November is the Melbourne Cup, a four-day public holiday in celebration of a horse race of all things. It is a huge event here, kinda like Thanksgiving meet the Kentucky… Read More

Well the weather is hot, school's out, everyone is off on their summer holidays. It must be Christmas time. It is 34 degrees Celcius (over 100F). People are out Christmas shopping and I'm we… Read More

We went to the Hanging Rock one sunny afternoon. You may have heard of it because of the Peter Weir film in the 70's in which a bunch of school girl mysteriously disappeared during a picnic… Read More

This state is totally footy mad, so when the team formerly known as the South Melbourne Swans won the AFL championship, our whole neighbourhood was coloured red and white. No one seemed to… Read More

This is our two bedroom flat in Melbourne. We are on the 7th floor of a modern glass box . Perhaps a bit generic, it is very large and comfortable. The best part is that it is only a ten min… Read More

Burger King in Australia is called Hungry Jack's. A small take-away shop had the rights to the name and no amount of corporate donations can convince the judicial system otherwise.McDonald's… Read More

We live just south of city, sandwiched between the Melbourne Botanical Garden, the Shrine of Remeberance, and a city highway which I have to dodge across every morning to get to work.The ver… Read More