Everybody Needs Good Neighbours……..

Thursday, January 06, 2011 Katie and Taylor
We spent our last 2 nights in Australia in the city centre of Melbourne to sight see and catch up with a few friends. The centre of Melbourne is very compact so we wandered the streets most of the day doing a few bits of shopping to prepare ourselves for the colder climates of New Zealand. There is also a street which is set aside for graffiti artists to practice their art, and is even home to a few Banksys’ artworks.

Neills work is in the city centre, so we popped in for a drink, and he treated us to some amazing food matched with equally tasty cocktails. Who would have thought a chilli infused cocktail would be so addictive! The food is based on Asian street food with a twist, we will definitely return here for some grub in the future.


After being spoiled (again) we met up with 2 members of the Odyssey Overland London to Oz 2011 trip - Susan and Zoe. Was great to see a different side of Melbourne, particularly the drinking den, tucked up a side alley. Very kitsch! Its great to be able to catch up with them and reminded us of all the same questions we had in our heads this time last year, when we were on countdown mode for the trip.


We rented a car on our last day in Melbourne (seeing as Shelly is now on a new adventure) picked up Elaine from back home and headed on a hunt for Ramsay Street. I know we’re sad but it was well worth it. Wandering around Ramsay Street (or Pin Oak Court as its really called) is very surreal taking photos of peoples houses. The show is filmed on the street but the interiors are in the shows studios just up the road, which we tried in vain to see. The studios were closed for filming so we all stalked around the perimeter managing to spot Grease Monkeys, Lous Car Sales, the Garage, Lassiters, Charlies and the lake. The Neighbours tour costs around $65 whereas our was free, who says the Scottish are tight?!






After our afternoon of soap stalking, we headed to St Kilda for a spot of lunch and wander in the sun. St Kilda is based on the beach and is particularly famous for its cakes, most of which looked stunning apart from the appropriately named “Snot Blocks” or Vanilla Slices as we knew them.

Our Australian adventure has ended as we spend our last night in Melbourne watching the sunset from South Bank. We head to New Zealand tomorrow morning to hopefully work for a while and replenish the funds for future travels.


  
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