Melbourne!

W e arrived in Melbourne around 9:00pm on Saturday, April 11th. Falen picked us up at the airport and took us back to her place to drop our things off. Then we went out for some awesome Italian pizza and found the Starbucks!!! mmmm how I missed Starbucks!

Shot from the plane to Melbourne

My room in Melbournes at Falens place...so Victorian.

Awesome Italian Lamb Pizza

Ahhh Starbucks at last!

A cool building in the city.

Anand & Falen, We went for some real Sushi on Sunday..along with a little bit of Sake.

After this we went to the Art Gallery....I'm leaving that out for another post.

Rock! Bang!...You had to be there. In the evening we went to see the comedian Kevin Brennan since the Melbourne International Comedy Festival was on!

I'm skipping Monday..it'll get it's own post too..

A cool shot of the city and the train station, we just wandered around the city Tuesday morning before we took off to Sydney. Eureka Tower in the background...hey, why don't we go to the top of that?

Us chillin with Starbucks!

Then to the top of Eureka Tower..88 floors up!

The wonderful view.

The fake little Eiffel tower (or something..) in the front and the home of the Australian Open in the background.

A Tram and Horses..two main means of transportation in Melbs.

Anand getting searched for the Second time on the way to Sydney. Good thing he bet me a free coffee if he go searched again.

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Australian words for the week

Budgie Smugglers -> Speedos
Winker -> Signal light

AFL! West Coast Eagles vs. Port Adelaide

AFL football game! It was the West Coast Eagles home opener against Port Adelaide (who sucks). It was about 28 degrees out and we were in the sun the whole time..it got hot. The Eagles were awesome, they won 125-75.

The playing field (as pictured on the right), which may be approximately 150m (or more) long goal to goal and approximately 135 m (or more) wide is HUGE. You can see curvature of the earth the thing is so long, and these guys (or should I say machines) do run from end to end. An American football field is 109.7 m × 48.8 m...pfh...

AFL Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Football_League
Aussie Rules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_rules_football

Some Football!

Best Footy Team Ever!

The girls, and a beer.

He's been an Eagles fan since February 5th.

The team headed for half time intermission.

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Australian words for the week
Mark -> The key play of the game. If a player takes possession of the ball that has travelled more than 15 metres from another player's kick, by way of a catch, they get a free kick if they choose.

WAAPA in The Park

There was a free outdoor musical theater and big band jazz show withing walking distance so we decided to go check it out. It was pretty impressive, all the students go to the WAAPA school. Check out the album, there is a video in there to give you a better idea!

Website: http://www.waapa.ecu.edu.au

I forget what song they were singing here...

Anand, Michael & Colin during intermission

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Australian words for the week
Heaps -> Lots

Sweetas -> Sweet ass
Used in a sentence: "Waapa in the park was sweetas".

I'm a tourist.

Perth at Night from Kings Park

Went here after The moon cafe' which has amazing moon burgers that fall apart on you. I had a headache from the long day in the sun at Future Music, but fortunately Angiolina had some paracetamol (like advil) along with some fresh air fixed that right up.

Kings Park is the biggest outdoor park in the WORLD. Ya..bigger than Central Park in NY. There was definitly some great views (of all three sky scrapers) and you can see the "Perth eye" ferris wheel along the Swan River.

Future Music Festival @ Wellington Square

March 1st, 2009..It was a pretty awesome festival, It was about 35 degrees and very humid out.

N.E.R.D.

Paul Oakenfold

A complete list of who played and the stage set up.

Little Creatures Brewery in Fremo

We went to Little Creatures for some food and beer, it's actually a pub in the brewery itself! Pretty neat idea, the food was great (I had the lamb and feta pizza) and so was the beer.

That's a lot of beer.

Free Beer Tasting! I reckon the Pale Ale is best.

Tim Tam Obsession Continued...

I'm going to teach you something amazing. Go out and buy some Tim Tams..I hear you can get them from Superstore in Canada. Now, get some coffee, hot chocolate, anything hot really that would go with chocolate. Make sure the cup is full to the top. Now, bit of opposite corners of the tim tam. Use it as a straw..the Tim Tam will absorb all the liquid and then start to fall apart in your hands, quickly put it in your mouth before it does!

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Amazing right? Ya.

Aussie words for the week

Rockmelon -> Cantelope

Trolly -> Shopping cart

Grogg -> Beer