Eureka Skydeck
Yesterday I went to the Eureka Skydeck. The Eureka Building is the tallest building in Australia and was built a few years ago. There is an observation deck on the 88th floor that has a great view over Melbourne. http://www.eurekaskydeck.com.au Related Articles: Sydney Echidnas World Cup Soccer Bids Big Pineapple Please support my blog [...]
Posted by Aidan under Travel, Travel - Australia | Permalink | No Comments »The Best Cities in the World to Live
Every year the Economist does a survey of which are the best cities in the world to live. They base it on safety, culture, education and health care. Vancouver was ranked as the best city. My home city, Melbourne was number two. The highest-ranked city in Asia was Osaka (where I used to live). I’ve [...]
Posted by Aidan under Travel, Travel - Australia | Permalink | No Comments »Melbourne International Film Festival
One of the things that I like living about Melbourne is that it has the best arts and culture festivals in Australia. The Comedy Festival, the Writer’s Festival and the Melbourne International Film Festival. The film festival is held for about 2 weeks every year and includes hundreds of films from around the world. I’m [...]
Posted by Aidan under Travel, Travel - Australia | Permalink | No Comments »Melbourne Storms
On Saturday there was a big storm in Melbourne. I heard lots of noise on the roof. It was hailstones (ice rain) hitting the roof. Then the wind blew hailstones under my front door. I had to cover the bottom of the door. There was lots of rain and in the center of the city [...]
Posted by Aidan under Travel, Travel - Australia | Permalink | No Comments »Attacks on Indian Students
In the last year there have been a lot of attacks on Indian university students studying in Melbourne. The Indian government has complained to the Australian government and some students have gone back to India, because they don’t think Australia is safe. Japanese students would sometimes ask me if Australia was safe. Australia has more [...]
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