I'm going to Melborne Friday...

[backbreaker]

I'm taking my knucklehead GF with me to Melborne this friday for about a week and a half vacation for her birthday.


Help!!! What is there to do? I mean... the only thing I can think of is finding a track but with the whole Equine Flu thing.. that's kidna out of the question.

Any clubs? Any sites I want to see? I'll travel.. I just need some ideas. I don't wanna go sit in a hotel across the world

 

[Last Man Standing]

Look for DJ Lost In Translation when you get there! He is the Australian Street Pimp

Go see and do things that are uniquely Australian! Like ride a Kangaroo or something!

 

[backbreaker]

i'm thinking about going to perth and I want to go to see the ocean but I dont' know the best place to go

 

[Last Man Standing]

The ocean is everywhere. Go to the Outback! I'm not talking about the restaurant.

Or go to the reefs...try not to get eaten by the sharks!

 

[speakeasy]

i'm thinking about going to perth and I want to go to see the ocean but I dont' know the best place to go

Perth is on the opposite side of the country from Melbourne, like going from L.A. to Miami or something. From what I've seen and heard of Perth, it isn't much different from going to San Diego. Is there a reason you want to fly halfway around the world to go to Perth?

 

[backbreaker]

because I can... once I get there I will fly to perth if I decide to go.

she's mentioned she wanted to go there... why I dont' know.. but it's her Bday not mine. so I might throw it in.

 

[gmonster2]

Hi backbreaker if u come to perth stay at rendezvous/ observation city hotel..right on scarborough beach. about 10 mins from the city centre...

for site seeing go up to kings park great views over the city and the river.... theres places not too far away to see koalas and kangaroos etc

but If u want to experience the real outback its a flight north maybe 2-3 hrs to the kimberleys...

few hours drive down south u have the margaret river winery region.. and also the best surfing..

Beaches is the whole coastline. and theyre as good as you'll find anywhere..

but yeah W.A / perth is a great place....come on down

 

[backbreaker]

I've never done the whole wilderness thing before.. I'm thinking I might want to try something like that. it would be different.

 

[Bible_Belt]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne

http://www.dmoz.org/Regional/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Travel_and_Tourism/

 

[Centaurion]

Dude, you should have gone during Melbourne Cup!!!!

Nevertheless, Melbourne is a fun city. I don't remember much during my stay there, as I pretty much was jacked out of my mind when I was there (during MC).

But I you once you're in Oz, you HAVE to visit Sydney. It is the sh!tnitz when it comes to excellent nightlife and hot voluptous chicks!!!!! Oooh, I can reccommend "The Establishment" (just past City Hall). It is a great club, especially Thursday nights, they have a dress code (suits - no jeans) on those night, and all the hot little secretary chicks are there (I think it's 'Womens Hours' from 7pm-9pm). I pulled numerous chicks from there...ooh there used to be a long ass coke-line in the bathrooms (don't if that is changed though).

Also you have Star City, with gambling 24/7. Pretty cool place all in all.

 

[Brian McGee]

Melbourne isn't that great... I mean it's not bad, but there's nothing there you wouldn't find in America. Go to Queensland, enjoy the beaches and lifestyle of the Gold Coast, then go further north to the Great Barrier Reef, and explore the rainforests they have there. Go in search of anything to do with nature IMO, it's what Australia is all about.

 

[backbreaker]

i orignally was going to go of course the beginning of november, but because of the whole flu thing and hte cup might be cancelled this year if the ban isn't lifted, than I decided might as well go on her B Day...

plus, I'm going to Monmouth, NJ for Breeders Cup weekend and it's the week before the first tuesday in november.. little bit too close for my liking. although one year I have to catch it.

 

[speakeasy]

Don't take this flight, that's my o nly suggestion!

http://blogs.smh.com.au/sit/archives/2007/09/airline_has_gay_old_time_chasi.html

 

[Chaotixxx]

i orignally was going to go of course the beginning of november, but because of the whole flu thing and hte cup might be cancelled this year if the ban isn't lifted, than I decided might as well go on her B Day...

plus, I'm going to Monmouth, NJ for Breeders Cup weekend and it's the week before the first tuesday in november.. little bit too close for my liking. although one year I have to catch it.

Monmouth county raceway? I used to live close to there

 

[foxhound87]

Perth is the best city in Australia, I know I lived there for 5 years. It use to be Australia's best kept secret until a few years ago when the mining boom began and all the prices sky rocketed. The best beaches around Perth are Scarborough and Cottosloe. The club scene is huge in Northbridge (Don't get stabbed though) I would recommend Fremantle. The transportation system (especially train lines) are excellent and aren't as confusing as the subways/tubes in the US and Canada. Make sure you visit the Swan Valley, which is about a 45 minute drive from Perth. If you want to see some history go to Kalgoorlie which is about a 4 hour drive from Perth, it will give insight into Australian history and culture, the place use to be a huge gold rush town before it went bust (Water use to be worth more than gold there!) Now it is full of hookers and o'ckers! Hahah.

 

[backbreaker]

Monmouth county raceway? I used to live close to there

no.. Monmouth Park..t he Horse track. It's Breeders Cup weekend the last friday and saturday in October. you ougtta go. will be at least 70k people there.. 5 bucks to get in. how *****es everywhere. Literarly.. the best horse racing in the world. 25 million dollars in purses, with the cap being the 5 million dollar Breeders Cup Classic

 

[backbreaker]

i'm rounding up my plans now. I'm not AS interested in going out to clubs... lol, if i were by myself i would.. but I am wtih my Gf.. if I wanted to take her to a club we can do that here. i mena if she wants to that's fine but you get the picture.

I am a history buff, so I will be going to some of thoose places you mentioned. we both love beaches and will be spending alot of time on the beaches lounging around being lazy. Also I want to go to the Great Barrier Reef. that's probsbly the first thing I'm doing.

 

[backbreaker]

anyway thanks for the help.. I'm getting ready to go to the airport in about 20 mintues... catch you guys in about 3 weeks!!

 

[backbreaker]

this is how you are ment for someone lol

I'm been "secretly" keeping up with the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe which is Sunday at Longchamp. it's the world's biggest horse race every year.

So I get on my laptop and find she's been reading news about it as well as she left a page open.. so I ask her about it and we start talking about the race... after a good HOUR, I give her this look......."you want to go don't you"

Her: lol, yes

Me: why didn't you say something

her: well.. how silly do I look.. I've always wanted to come here and we are here...but I've always wanted to go to the Arc as well.

Me: Me too...you really want to go?

Her: are you serious?

Me: To be honest, if I weren't taking you here, I would have been there last week, so yes. let me call my travel agent.

So.. I have a flight in about 12 hours that we are going to catch so we can go to paris.. should be htere sometime saturday morningish. love Melborne.. might even come back once the race is over... but cannot pass up a once in a lifetime experience to see the Arc.