Melbourne, Australia

Hello from Australia! My first stop here was in Melbourne, after a long flight from Bangkok with a stopover in Kuala Lumpur. Staying with family here was great and such a nice break from hostels!

During my time here I got to experience the beaches, both near Albert Park and St. Kilda. They really reminded me of the beaches back in Dorset, with very similar colours of water and sand!

There was a great free tram ride around Melbourne on the City Circle line that I did early on in my visit – it was nice to see by the docks, and then also explore the Queen Victoria Market.


Queen Victoria Market

Flinders Street Station

City Circle Tram

Melbourne was a great city to explore in the day, and I spent a lot of time walking around the roads and lanes. Fortunately it’s in a grid type system which stopped me from getting lost! I visited the Melbourne Museum which was really interesting and a very modern museum, as well as Federation Square and some of the museums and exhibitions there.

I decided to visit the Melbourne Zoo which is located just a short ride away from the centre of Melbourne, as I thought I should see some of the animals that are associated with Australia! Melbourne was having quite a heat wave the first few days I was there, so a lot of the animals seemed to be hiding. It was a beautiful zoo though, and very quiet with a lot of areas to walk around and explore.

I was also lucky enough to go to an apartment high up in the Eureka Tower and got amazing views over Melbourne as the sun set!

I had a great few days in Melbourne and enjoyed meeting up with friends and spending time with family. There are a lot of great cafes and bars in Melbourne, although the high prices here are taking a lot of getting used to after how cheap it was in Thailand!

My last day was spent on a lovely day out to Heathsville Sanctuary, where we saw more animals and a great bird show! They have some beautiful birds here!

Next stop was Sydney! I’m currently in Cairns and looking forward to diving and snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef at the weekend and visiting the Daintree Rainforest on Friday.