Yesterday was jam-packed again as my Godmother and I explored the city from top to bottom. She, as a Melburnian, rarely gets to see the city from a tourist's perspective, so as much for her as for me, we picked up some self-guided tour maps and asked for some advice for some great places to see. We chose the 'Arcades and Laneways' map; Melbourne is famous for being a centre for culture and the arts with many little alleyways that have been creatively taken adva...

Well today was a bit more touristy as I got to go down to the Dandenongs or I should say up Mount Dandenong. My Godmother's garlic business venture has evolved to incorporate growing hazelnuts and so she set up a meeting with an experienced grower in Gembrook located the other side of the Dandenong ranges. She said I could come along and get a taster of the dandenong ranges and turn it into a family outing. 'The Dandenong Ranges are a set of low mountain ranges,...

So I have realised how boring some of these posts have become and I apologise. I have let myself become stuck in my everyday, regular australian life and not taken advantage of the freedom I have in being in another country. I have been rather lazy and held back the last few weeks expecting almost as if the possibilities I talk about in the name of my blog are just going to become realities without me having to do much. I just spent the evening with my Godmother...

It is almost the end of the long Easter weekend and I am almost at the end of the chocolate egg I am eating... Good Friday and Easter Saturday were days of relaxation for me here. Friday night my Godmother's son and I went to see Sarah Millican perform in the city as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The festival runs from March 27th to April 21st and celebrates everything funny. We got into the city with 15 minutes to find the venue. I had b...

I awoke this morning with the plan that after dropping my Godmother's son at school, we would head for the train into the city where I could spend the day wih my Godmother doing a few more touristy bits and pieces; exploring the alley ways and getting the tram etc. Unfortunately though, I came down for my morning cup of tea to be told that most of Victoria had been put on a total fire ban i.e. no one could start any fire or use machinery that could create sparks ...