Melbourne is easily my most favourite city that I've been to, not that I've been to a whole lot of places or anything.
Shopping, food, architecture and urban planning - everything is just so well done.
We arrive in Melbourne and decide to catch the visitor bus to visit the National Gallery of Victoria. Since a fun run was being hosted, part of the visitor shuttle bus route was closed so we had to walk past Flinders Street station and Federation Square, easily the most recognisable landmark in Melbourne.
We took this opportunity to catch a few snaps of the station!
And of course the pleasure of seeing the mucky Yarra again!
We came across a market of hand crafted goods along the way to the National Gallery of Victoria.
Art, fashion, food, beauty products lined the sidewalk - thats the thing I love about Melbourne: there's so much culture and life in the city, even on a normal day.
I also picked up a little souvenir for my wall from one of the stalls...
It's a view of the Yarra and the side of Flinder St Station looking from the opposite bank, I thought it was quite an intricate piece of water colour work.
We also visited the Melbourne zoo, which has a huge range of different animals, particularly in the reptile department. Can you believe that I've never seen a snake before?
And an image pool of food from Melbs..
The giant strawberries and fruit were from the Queen Victoria Markets, which is a huge market with a lot of stalls - food, fruits, fashion, toys, souvenirs etcetc. I do love Melbourne.
Yep. And of course more waffles. Who could resist these cute shipping container stalls?
We went to the Eureka Tower in Southbank, the tallest building in Australia and the world's tallest residential building, measuring 297 metres. We went up 88 floors onto the Eureka Tower Skydeck and got to see all of Melbourne, which seemed to go on forever.
I could see how this city is voted most liveable in the world. The city is well planned, transport is convenient even for tourists, Melbournians are generally very helpful and nice. Which brings me to my next topic..
For the past month I've been losing sleep over the fact that I'm applying for my My Master in Architecture degree, and the uncertainty of where I'll end up next year. I've applied for University of Auckland, Unitec, Victoria University and University of Melbourne.
I'm pleased to say that I have been accepted to Unitec and the University of Melbourne thus far, but I have a decision to make by Christmas, and the decision is highly dependent on whether or not the University of Auckland will offer me a place in their masters program. I would very much love the opportunity to live in Melbourne and the only reasons I would stay in Auckland would be for my family and friends.
Ugh. Decisions..
-B
We took this opportunity to catch a few snaps of the station!
And of course the pleasure of seeing the mucky Yarra again!
We came across a market of hand crafted goods along the way to the National Gallery of Victoria.
Art, fashion, food, beauty products lined the sidewalk - thats the thing I love about Melbourne: there's so much culture and life in the city, even on a normal day.
I also picked up a little souvenir for my wall from one of the stalls...
It's a view of the Yarra and the side of Flinder St Station looking from the opposite bank, I thought it was quite an intricate piece of water colour work.
We also visited the Melbourne zoo, which has a huge range of different animals, particularly in the reptile department. Can you believe that I've never seen a snake before?
The giant strawberries and fruit were from the Queen Victoria Markets, which is a huge market with a lot of stalls - food, fruits, fashion, toys, souvenirs etcetc. I do love Melbourne.
Yep. And of course more waffles. Who could resist these cute shipping container stalls?
We went to the Eureka Tower in Southbank, the tallest building in Australia and the world's tallest residential building, measuring 297 metres. We went up 88 floors onto the Eureka Tower Skydeck and got to see all of Melbourne, which seemed to go on forever.
I could see how this city is voted most liveable in the world. The city is well planned, transport is convenient even for tourists, Melbournians are generally very helpful and nice. Which brings me to my next topic..
For the past month I've been losing sleep over the fact that I'm applying for my My Master in Architecture degree, and the uncertainty of where I'll end up next year. I've applied for University of Auckland, Unitec, Victoria University and University of Melbourne.
I'm pleased to say that I have been accepted to Unitec and the University of Melbourne thus far, but I have a decision to make by Christmas, and the decision is highly dependent on whether or not the University of Auckland will offer me a place in their masters program. I would very much love the opportunity to live in Melbourne and the only reasons I would stay in Auckland would be for my family and friends.
Ugh. Decisions..
-B
