The aim was to stay in Melbourne and save some money… However I think we just are it instead!
Melbourne is too yummy!!
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Royal Melbourne Show
Grand Final day!
Saturday 27th September
AFL Final
Hawks vs Swans
Not to be missed
It must have been phenomenal to watch that game in the stadium but unfortunately seats were around $1,500 each! Maybe not…
Instead we found a few pubs to watch the match and although we didn’t see much of the actual match the atmosphere was great! Hawks had a clear win but bless the poor Swans they did not give up!
The award ceremony was fantastic – you can really see how much it means to each and every player!
Sarah, Olivia and I finished the evening with a feast fit for kings on the infamous Lygon Street, also known as ‘little Italy’
I love birthdays
In the run up/a good couple of weeks afterwards I give myself the perfect excuse for basically doing whatever I want… Because it’s my birthday.
It’s a fantastic mantra in a way, but in another way it’s also the worst. Why should I only do whatever I want because it’s my birthday? Surely I should do it at any time of the year simply because I want to?
Unfortunately life isn’t always as easy as that and many things often get in the way (uni, work, …money!) but I am setting a birthday resolution to do at least one thing a day simply because I want to. Not for any other reason than that – because quite frankly that seems like the best kind of reason!
Anyway… Birthday was fabbbbulous! Fijian party was a little less Fijian than party but it was a house filled with wonderful people I haven’t known more than 2/3 months but still wanted to shower me in gifts and celebrate the night with me! Big loves to all of them! (Of course the gifts were highly appropriate and either alcohol or animal related! Perfect!)
A fellow British party girl forced me onto the breakfast bar for my birthday countdown… Obviously I didn’t refuse
We were meant to spend the next day at the Mornington Peninsula Hot Springs but unfortunately it was full as silly old me didn’t book in advance… Luckily we found this out before we rented the car and drove the whole way there! After furiously googling for an hour we found a fantastic spa in Melbourne city and spent the day relaxing there
It was also one of the first birthdays I’ve had with a full day of sunshine! God bless the Southern Hemisphere!!
I thought the day couldn’t get any better but then I finally got to tick the ballet off my bucket list. I went to see the Nutcracker with my fellow former-dance housemate Carlota and we both sat in awe of the entire performance. It really was beautiful!
Getting back to reality
We’ve got back from Fiji and it’s cold, raining and we have lots of uni work to do…. But heck we’ve had 2 weeks off, another afternoon won’t hurt!
Instead we went exploring fitzroy for cafés that stay open past 6pm
Holidays are a comin’
Just bought a Go Pro in duty free and off to Fiji to take loads of adventure pics! Don’t be too jealous
Pommies abroad
Sarah and Olivia (fellow British girls) cooked us all a traditional English roast chicken dinner tonight, the first one since being in Melbourne. IT WAS GLORIOUS! I’ve definitely missed those roast dinners. Our Spanish housemates absolutely loved it too!
The Australian guys were nice enough to get us some timtams for an Aussie dessert
What a beautiful day ay ay
I started the day at a conference in the beautiful Exhibition Centre for inequality and poverty reduction, met some great people and found out about lots of great opportunities in Melbourne and Australia!
It was a beautiful day so I finally trailed the legendary Brunetti ice cream
I spent the evening cat sitting for a friend and for anyone that knows me will know it was easily the best night in Australia for me!
Exploring Fitzroy – hipster town
What better thing is there to do on a hungover Sunday afternoon than explore another quirky area of Melbourne – which also happens to be right at the end of our road!
Aquarium fun
eyes abroad 