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When I first started to think about moving to Australia I thought Melbourne would be the place for me. Really the only thing that swayed me to Sydney was employment opportunities and the friends I already had in the city. Having over a year already under my belt in the country my first trip to Melbourne was going to be a very ‘what if’ ‘did I make the right choice’ trip!

Magic Melbourne

Stucros
2007-03-08 17:22:41

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Melbourne

When I first started to think about moving to Australia I thought Melbourne would be the place for me. Really the only thing that swayed me to Sydney was employment opportunities and the friends I already had in the city. Having over a year already under my belt in the country my first trip to Melbourne was going to be a very 'what if' 'did I make the right choice' trip!

I was lucky enough to stay rent free in Port Melbourne with Paul and Leanne which is only 15mins by tram into the city centre and a 10mins walk to the beach (not that the weather was consistent enough to get there). Arrive back from our trip down the great ocean road we headed to straight out to check out the much talked about Melbourne bar scene. First stop Eurotrash, a strange bar with defaced manakins and other erotic memorabilia some quick food in China town before hitting 'Section 8'. Possibly one of the coolest and most definitely the most unique bars I've ever been to. It takes it name from the US Military term given to soldiers who are discharged for being mentally insane.... Think Klinger from Mash - and insane is a very good description. The bar itself is set in an old parking lot with no roof and only a wire fence to separate it from the street, drinks are severed from a converted shipping container placed at the side and all the furniture is made of stuck together beer crates. Section 8 defines Melbourne; cool and hip but yet totally unpretentious!!!!!!

Saturday I took a day to wonder by myself and explore the city. My only real itinerary was to visit Lululemon which is a yoga store from Canada I had heard loads about and for once actually stock cloths for men. This unwittingly took me to the heart of Prahran district on the corner of Greville and Chapel Street which is the best shopping area I've been to in years. Full of individual shops selling everything but the mass produced I ended up buying more in one day than ...