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A few days in Melbourne

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

After the great New Year we had, we decided to take it easy. We went to the beach to get some sun at St Kilda beach, just south of the city. It was very warm and the water felt great. The next day we took a free city tour that our hostel ran and met some people from Aussie, French Canada, Ireland and Sweden. Later in the day, we met up with them to check out the night market, followed by drinks at the hostel bar. Later on, lounging and chatting in the public area of the hostel, the French Canadians brought over some french peops that that they had met. We all went out for some late night dancing at a local club and had a blast. The late night meal of choice – McDonalds:)

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An Aussie New Year

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Happy New Year!! It was a brisk 42 degrees here for NYE… that is in celcius though, which we just found out converts to 107F!! Paula and I rang in the new year at Melbourne’s enormous city party. We followed the crowds and found a seat for the fireworks along the river in Melbourne. Paula noticed, although I had no clue, a barge floating near the other side of the river… dark, blending into the background, no more than 50 yards from where we were sitting. When the clock struck midnight, much to our surprise, the barge came alive and let out a massive firework display. We’ve never been directly under the fireworks before… pretty amazing. We even had bits of ember fall on us:)

Melbourne definitely knows how to do NYE. They have multiple stages in various locations around city center and many other attractions to divide up the crowd, although it still is an enormous crowd. When the fireworks go off, they are not in one spot (like in NYC behind the Statue of Liberty, or in DC behind the Washington Monument, or in Sydney behind the opera house), they launch fireworks from the roofs of skyscapers, from our barge and from other points in the city. When the finale comes, the entire city lights up. It’s magnificent!

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