More of St Kilda

St Kilda may not be the beach we expected but we found this odd amusement park ... Here is a picture of the entrance that reminded us of the old piers in Brighton ...

Athletic Sunday

This picture was taken from the South Yarra river bridge on a beautiful sunday. A bunch of people are rowing while others are running. Just behind the building at the back, there is a mini skatepark, which would have suited me had I brought my board here ! Nevermind, I will watch the Melbourne Open tennis, this will keep my mind busy for a while !

A day with no sun !

A very threatening skyline: it is not always sunny in Melbourne!









This was taken in St Kilda, the beach neighborhood. Well, those buildings have view on the closest thing to a beach Melbourne has. We had fantasised about this beach but we found out that was not quite not what we expected. This looks like a UK south east beach: there is little room to sit, the water is opaque and the atmosphere is kind of oldish (a bit like Brighton really). We were told later that all the amazing beaches Melbourne has to offer are an hour away. We will check those out very soon, more pictures to come !

Downtown from a balcony !

Here is a view of Downtown Melbourne from a balcony of a 12 storey building (one of the residences we visited). Melbourne is so beautiful: the old bits make it look like London and the modern parts are so California like. So that's the best of both worlds. Loads of other pics on Picassa( link on the top right).

Today was Australia day, mate! Everyone was outside barbequeuing and getting drunk, just like in any other sunny city.

We found a place to stay !

After 10 day accomodation hunting and endless apartment viewings, we have found an awesome place in South Yarra. The area is really nice: very central and trendy. I don't know whether that's amenities (pool, sauna, spa), the amazing looking building or maybe our roomate from Singapore that got our attention ... but here we are and we are loving if ! Here are some pic with a nice view of the gym, pool (above). Our 3 storey building is just behind. It is so sleek, looks like a posh boutique spa ! Here is another pic with the pool !

Arrival in Melbourne

Not quite as nice as this backpacker hotel, our $90 a night hostel is above a parking lot, surrounded by the city's skyscrapers. It was fun getting there in the middle of the night, after 22 hours in the plane: we left Paris at 6am and got to Melbourne at 10pm the day after ! It is amazing how much day light one can had on a plane from Europe to Asia, there is litterally no time to sleep !