On the weekend I had the chance to head to East Brunswick, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and visit CERES – Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies. It sounds like a mouthful, but I had no idea what CERES meant until I just googled it. In a nutshell it’s an environmental initiative that …
After seeing a couple of shows in London earlier this year, I came back to find my favourite musical of all time was on at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne – My Fair Lady. So on Saturday we hopped a train into the city to see what this musical was up to on its 60th …
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It HAD to come eventually, you know it did! The rumble to end all rumbles. As far as Aussies are concerned I guess. Well. Those who don’t live in Brisbane I guess. And maybe Adelaide and Perth. Anyhoo… Sydney and Melbourne both have quite a bit to offer the visitor. They are loads of little …
Howdy again folks. So, if you like music and you’re in Melbourne during the warmer months, ‘A Day on the Green’ may be for you. They have regular concerts out in the Yarra Valley, particularly at Rochford Wineries, which feature all manner of musical guests and there usually is an event every month or so …
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There are many museums for many reasons around the world from the torture museums in Bratislava and Sigisoara to the Hat Museum in Kumasi, Ghana (sadly one I haven’t got to yet). Then there are the occasional sport museum, and Melbourne has its very own, at the largest and most famous sporting ground in the …
Melbourne has a wonderful little museum – well it’s not really a museum per se and it’s not that little – in the western suburbs in a place called Spotswood. Sciencework has been thrilling visitors and in particular kids for a long time now with a raft of interactive exhibits that are a lot of …
Hello again it’s Thursday and for the last few weeks Travel Itineraries has been my Thursday segment (despite the fact that it’s simply the most work one needs to write a darned post possible). And today I thought I’d do Australia. This will be an idealised itinerary. I haven’t set out and done a long …
Well, Flight Centre’s Melbourne Travel Expo has been and gone for another year. It certainly is a bit of fun – I do love to run around and collect brochures and fill my bag with them. Although this year I didn’t really. Although plenty did, I saw lots of full bags, I guess that some …
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It's Australia Day in Australia. It's not all good, it's certainly a day of contention with good reason because of what the day means for Indigenous Australians. Putting that all aside, and not wanting to go political today, here are five places in Australia that are seriously brilliant and worth visiting. 5. Hamilton Island …
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You know that earlier in the year I bemoaned Jetstar and having to travel on budget airlines. This trip I made a firm decision that I wasn’t going to fall into that trap again. To be honest, the price difference wasn’t that much, and especially for the first flight, from Melbourne to Sydney, there was …
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
Andy's World Journeys 