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Monday, November 29, 2010

Melbourne Part 1

I am back from my weekend away in Melbourne. Despite the fact that Melbourne is a major Australian city I had never been there before so I was very interested to explore the city and see what it is like in comparison to Sydney. I was under the impression that the two cities were similar but I found them very different. I thought that Sydney was much busier with many more tourist attractions and generally a lot more to do and Melbourne was more organised and safer with very amazing shops. I appreciate that I was only in the city for three days and didn't get to explore anything beyond the CBD. I thought that Melbourne was a lovely city and would be a very desireable place to live.

Overall Rydog and I had a fun and enjoyable weekend but the disappointing part was the weather. It rained for the entire weekend and on Sunday it was so cold. As usual I packed inappropriately and only had summer dresses because I had just left the most perfect summer weather in Sydney. I had to buy a cardigan while I was there. On Saturday there was almost no break from the rain and it poured continually so this made it very difficult to take pictures and explore the city. We tried not to let the weather ruin the trip and since we only had three days in Melbourne we visted most of the tourist attractions in the rain anyway. Looking back I'm so pleased we made the most of the situation but at the time I was not very happy about it at all.

Rydog and I stayed at the Intercontinental Melbourne- The Rialto which was so beautiful and stunning. I think the choice of accommodation makes such a difference to a trip. It was a good central location because we explored most of the city through walking. I loved the shops in Melbourne and I have now found a new favourite brand called Dangerfield. We have Dangerfield here in Sydney but it is so much bigger in Melbourne and there were many Dangerfield stores just in the CBD alone. I went a little crazy in there and spent lots of money because I felt like I had found my shop. Even though it was an expensive trip it was worth it. We had been saving up for the trip for a long time and I think we deserve such experiences occassionally. I certainly won't be spending any more money in a long time now though.

We visted locations such as Federation Square, Sports Centre, Shrine of Remembrance, Southbank, Flinders Street Statition, Parliament House and Bourke Street Mall. We went on the free tourist bus which was very useful service.

Southbank
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Flinders Street Station and Melbourne City
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Southgate
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St Paul's Cathedral
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Southbank
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St Paul's Cathedral
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Shrine of Remembrance
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Flinders Street Station
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Shrine of Remembrance
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Southbank
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Yarra River
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Melbourne City
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Flinders Street Station
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Flinders Street Station (from Southbank)
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Southbank
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St Paul's Cathedral
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Shrine of Remembrance
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Melbourne Cricket Ground
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Flinders Street Station (from Southbank)
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I have so many photos from my Melbourne trip so I will divide them into a few different posts.

22 comments:

Rose said...

Mikey and I love going to Melbourne. I was born in Victoria so I think I feel a certain attachment to the state :)
Such a shame about the rain. When we went there earlier in the year it was realllllly cold and raining alot too. But I love the city, so much to do over there if you know where to look.
I like the black and red dress on you, suits you well.
Looking forward to more from your trip :)

Rose

dotie said...

great pics! despite the uncooperative weather looks like you had an amazing trip ;)

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Couture Carrie said...

Fabulous photos, darling!
What an amazing trip!

xoxox,
CC

daisychain said...

welcome back gorgeous x

Stéphanie said...

I 'm in love with your fabulous dress !

Cafe Fashionista said...

Ah, what stunning photographs, Imogen - I'm so glad that you had a fabulous time!! :)

Georgie said...

Pretty dress and Melbourne looks lovely!
xx

Jennifer Fabulous said...

Ooooh Melbourne looks like such a lovely city! The architecture is stunning. These are great photos. I'm sorry it rained the whole time. That is annoying. Especially since you were probably freezing, you poor thing!

I love your dress. It's adorable. I'm looking forward to more pics!

Style, She Wrote said...

Great pictures and FABULOUS dress. Love the button details!

The Sydney Girl said...

great photos! love that dress on you!!! It flatters you so much!

x
thesydneygirl.com

Krysten @ Why Girls Are Weird said...

What a fun time! Your dress is SO darn cute!

un petit lapin said...

Thanks for sharing those pictures, I'd love to visit Melborne one day! It's a shame it rained so much but glad to hear you had fun nonetheless. Your make up (or is it your natural beauty??) looks really nice too.

Frock Around the Clock said...

That dress is beautiful! The trip looks amazing - bit of a shame about the rain but it actually comes out really well on pictures and makes the ground all shiny! :) x

Josie said...

Sorry about the weather, dear -- it looks like you had a blast anyhow! Love your sweet little dress.
xo Josie
http://winksmilestyle.blogspot.com

ching said...

oh woow. melbourne has loads of sight seeing areas.

Leia said...

Melbourne looks like an awesome place!

Leia

Leia said...

Looks like Melbourne is a really great city!

Leia

Audrey Allure said...

I love your dress, and amazing photos!

To answer your question, I'm going to Sydney in June 2011 :) Although I'm still unsure exactly where in Sydney yet. Maybe we could do a blogger meetup!

michelle_ said...

you make me miss melbourne sooo badly !
that's one of my fave cities in the whole world :)
plus the indonesia community makes it even better !

glisters and blisters

C.Elizabeth said...

First of all, I want to comment on your previous post: Well done about finishing your third year! You must be so happy!

I am glad you had a nice time in Melbourne despite the bad weather... From the pictures with the grey sky, it almost looks as if you were in England! hehe
I really love that dress. It suits you perfectly!

Emily, Resplendent Tranquility said...

I'm sorry to hear the weather didn't cooperate for your trip. Regardless of the rain, it looks like you two had fun exploring the city. I really like the photo of you standing on the small grass square outside the Shrine of Remembrance.

Oh, and you're killing me with that dress! It's gorgeous! I love love love the buttons and the scalloped piping.

Looking forward to more of your photos of Melbourne :)

BonBon Rose Girls Kristin said...

Bummer about the weather, but you looked lovely!