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31 AUG

Melbourne most livable

Melbourne has done it again! After losing its number one ranking to Vancouver in 2002, the city is back on top in the Global Livability Survey which ranks 140 cities worldwide. There were 4 Australian cities in the Top 10 – Melbourne at 1, Sydney at 6 and Perth and Adelaide joint 8th. Melbourne scored […]

Posted in: General stuff, TravelTagged: Australia, Melbourne, most livable, ranking, TravelLeave a commentadmin 31 August 2011
13 APR

Back to "normal"

After 19 days in Australia, my folks flew out of Melbourne early this morning. They have 4 days in Singapore before heading home. It was a great 3 weeks; I didn’t even get into an argument with my mother! My kids are already missing them – they keep asking if they can phone them on […]

Posted in: Family & Friends, Photos & VideoTagged: beer, brewery, CUB, Melbourne, tour2 Commentsadmin 13 April 2011
28 MAR

Australia F1 Grand Prix

Yesterday my dad and I went to the Australian GP at Albert Park. We caught up with some friends from around the globe who were also there for the race. It was a perfect day for the race – sunshine but not too hot. It wasn’t a very exciting race (is F1 ever exciting anymore?) […]

Posted in: Photos & VideoTagged: F1, Formula 1, GP, Grand Prix, Melbourne, Photos & VideoLeave a commentadmin 28 March 2011
15 MAR

Moomba Festival 2011

This past weekend was Moomba in Melbourne. Moomba is the celebration of arts and culture in Melbourne and it has been around since 1955. We stopped in at Birrarung Mar on Friday night after the rugby at AAMI Park and then took the kids on Sunday. The weather on Sunday was fantastic. The kids had […]

Posted in: Family & Friends, Photos & VideoTagged: Melbourne, moomba, Photos & VideoLeave a commentadmin 15 March 2011
15 MAR

SuperRugby – Rebels v Sharks

And so my birthday weekend began. With a trip to see my old Super Rugby team (The Sharks) take on my new (second) team. And what a game it was! The crowd/atmosphere was awesome. The Rebels fans were loud and proud and when Cooper Vuna went over for the home side’s first try, I thought […]

Posted in: Photos & Video, SportTagged: AAMI Park, Melbourne, Photos & Video, Rebels, rugby, sharks, SuperRugbyLeave a commentadmin 15 March 2011

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