Jun
13
The Gin Palace
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Popular post-work hangout for smart-suited city types but with emphasis on booze not business. Drinks range from 18 gins to a dozen martinis but try the Industrial Revolution - a glass lined with black Luxardo Sambucca, filled with Siberian vodka and confectioner’s ball bearings. Decor is mismatched chairs and colourful sofas, be it the main bar or the separate side room. But whatever your poison, the Palace provides.
Address:
190 Little Collins St
Melbourne, 3000
Mar
26
List of Hostels & Backpackers in Melbourne.
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Bayside Motel 63 Fitzroy Street St. Kilda
Backpacker City Inn - Carlton Hotel 197 Bourke Street 3000
Phone: +61 (3) 9650 2734
Brunswick Street Backpackers 446 Brunswick St
(03)9417 2321 (more…)
Mar
25
Supermarkets in the CBD
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One of the first things that freaked me out when I got to Melbourne was the price of food in those small conveninece stores. They dont stock enough to be cheap and I thought I would have to move home because everything is sooo expensive (My girlfriend on the other hand doens’t panic as quickly about these things and pointed out that we were looking for food at about 1am on a saturday after our flight arrived late….)
Luckily we found a few supermarkets in the city, all pretty close to the backpackers that is housing you.
Safeway. QUEEN VICTORIA VILLAGE QV Village,Cnr Lonsdale & Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC 3000. Phone: (03) 9663 5181 A nice generic supermarket.
Big W. QUEEN VICTORIA VILLAGE QV Village, Cnr Swanston & Lonsdale Streets MELBOURNE VIC 3000. Phone (03) 9650 7355 Situated in the same center as Safeway but catering more to people wanting hardware like TV`s VCR`s and other cheapish department store stuff.
Coles. Elizabeth Street - Flinders station end. A nice generic supermarket.
IGA Express. Flinders Street, between Elizabeth st and Degraves Street. A nice generic supermarket.
Mar
24
Rooftop Bar
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Rooftop Bar, is at the top of 256 Swanston Street in the same building as Cookie (a fantastic resturant you may see in a future post). Fake grass gives this outdoor bar a nice garden feel. Also doubles as the venue for the Rooftop Cinema which shows new and not so new movies that you can view from relaxing deck chair. A really nice place.
Mar
24
Section 8
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Section 8 is indeed fantastic, you’d think being as open as it is it might get cold but they have plenty of heating on chilly nights and its often quite busy so doesn’t get to drafty! Section 8 is located on Tattersalls Lane next to Dumpling House.