Apr
9
The most delicious crepe`s in the world
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Just off Flinders Lane between Swanston and Elizabeth lies Scott ally. On Scott Ally lies a little French creperie that is fantastic so far beyond any magnitude of my description. The friendly French staff will help you pronounce the French menu items and politely speak French, but help you in English with a sweet French accent, on the walls are French lessons and in the kitchen is the mouthwatering aroma of French crepes, with ham and cheese and eggs, or salmon. So many delicious meals, so little time. They serve both sweet crepes and the savoury ‘galette’ along with lovely French wines and cider. Perfect for breakfast lunch and dinner! I have tried 6 of their menu items thus far, and will be going back. The coffee is good the crepes are good the service is good and the price is who would have guessed.. Good. They are open most of the day Monday to Fridays as well as on Saturdays for a few hours; and are open later in the evenings on Friday. We love this little place and go as often as we can! Sitting at one of their outdoor tables on a Friday evening sipping wine or welcoming the day with a hot coffee and a chocolate crepe is one of our favourite things to do!
Apr
1
There is a really cool arts festival / showcase on at the Docklands waterfront between the 6th of March and 20th pf April this year, from what Ive heard its something to check out, Ill be going some time this weekend, a lot of sculptures by prominent Australian artists, I was told that its going to be a lot of fun. The Docklands are just behind Southern Cross Station (on Spencer st in the CBD) and the Telstra Dome (Just behind Southern Cross) you can get there on trams 48 and 70. The show seems to run 7 days a week 8am - 11pm. Check it out.
Oh yeah and its FREE
Mar
25
Wireless Hot spots in the City
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Within the Melbourne CBD there are multiple WIFI hotspots, some easy to use others require some kind of login, the 3 that I used most often when I arrived were.
Food Inc, which is wireless provided in the food court in Melbourne Central Shopping Center, above the train station. The closer you are to the food court the stronger the signal.
Australia on Colins, which is wireless provided in the food court in Australia on Colins shopping center. As far as I can remember I had to login but it was no big problem. Read 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.