Archive for 'Victoria'
Footy Finals Week
Posted: September 23rd, 2010 by Scott
Melbourne is all about Australian Rules Football or “footy.”   Some 10 teams out of 16 teams in the league are from the Melbourne area. Last weekend was the footy preliminary finals (or semi-finals) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).  Thats right, they play footy on a cricket ground or “oval.”  So to join in […]
First Weekend Back in Melbourne
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 by Courtney
We spent the first week back in Melbourne readjusting to the winter cold and time change. So when the weekend came around we were ready to have some fun. We started the weekend with some good yum cha (or what we would call dim sum) in Chinatown. After dim sum, we walked over to Federation […]
Melbourne Open House
Posted: July 25th, 2010 by Courtney
This weekend was Melbourne Open House, where over 60 building were opened to the public for tours. While Scott was at his soccer game, I decided to check a couple out including the Melbourne Town Hall, Old Treasury Building, Parliament building, and Intercontinental Hotel. First was the Melbourne Town Hall and Administration buildings, which are […]