On this Week
MCFC Tour Joleon Lescott
This year Manchester City Football on the trophy tour came to Melbourne and the Australian Branch put on a great night as usual.
Chandon
“Haven’t been to Chandon? Now’s a good time to pay the French-owned sparkling winemaker a visit. Last year, Chandon’s French parents, Moët & Chandon, spent a tidy sum revitalising the Coldstream cellar door, creating an intimate lounge bar where guests can sit and enjoy a glass of sparkling, a restaurant and second floor private ‘wine immersion’ tasting rooms. The producer of some of the best sparklings in the country keeps refining its image, and it’s not just in bricks and mortar.
Back To The Old Skool
My good friend Alex Kidd from Manchester was in Melbourne playing at ROOM 680.
Vue Grande
I finally found a flat to rent in Melbourne and moved to the Vue Grande in Southbank on Saturday. I hired a car to move my stuff from Seddon to my new flat and it was the easiest move I have ever done. It helped that my car park space is the same floor as my flat so I was able to move everything from the car to my flat without having to wait for the lift and it was all done in less than half an hour.
Commuting to Leeds
I have had a nightmare the past two weeks as VISA cancelled my cards due to a security breach and as there were two public holidays it took two weeks for replacements to arrive.
Spain Delayed
I have been watching the weather all week and it was confirmed there was rain in Spain which I always thought fell mainly in the plain. I decided to change my flight and delay my holiday to Spain by three days to let the wet weather pass. The Daily Mail even had a story titled, So was Marbella such a good idea?
Sandringham Line
I was woken up at 4am on Saturday morning and when I looked out my window I saw a selection of lorries and diggers who were using the back of my car park as the meeting point and were exchanging loads. Later on when I got on the train to the city to get my hair cut I discovered what all the noise was, they had dug up the Sandringham line to improve the track and the beeps were all the diggers reversing.
Anzac Weekend
This weekend was ANZAC day and for the first time since I came to Australia it fell on a weekend so we missed out on a public holiday. Very Un-Australian depriving us of a day off work, as it happens I am ill so I have it off as a sick day.
Motorbike on Connex Train
I have seen some crazy things whilst I have been in Australia but this takes the biscuit!
2oorak
wow 74 days since my last update ,its been a stressful period. I've moved out of Eureka and into my new flat in South Yarra. There is a video of the area so you can all check it out although the flat doesn't resemble the one I am in. It is a lot smaller at 2oorak but it forces me to keep the place tidy. So finally I'm in my flat, still with boxes everywhere. I've got a green plastic chair for dinner and a bean bag to watch TV. I desperately need a couch to sit on, lol.
