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[quote="hydroloz"]It's a long way to go for a coffee. I'd need to stand on a corner to pay for it. lol
Laurie.

It costs us old people $3.30 for all day travel

Melbourne Fashion Festival
The Basin Music Festival
Yea Autumn Festival
The Gardens Market at the Royal Botanic Garden

I am going to be busy scheduling at least some of these events. Thanks everyone, it may turn in to how much can you do in 7 days. I love a challenge!

What about a visit to Ceres... reckon you'd find good value there Faye...

In my book an interesting place but not a lot to see yes there's is community gardens and an aqua setup 1//2 finished [unless you tell them you are coming you cant see much]

I went to Melbourne once but it was closed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They must have know that you were coming. Just kidding.
I got there at 11 oclock at night last time and it was like Grand Central station, we went and got a coffee and there were people going everywhere, like it was peak hour. I found it to be soo alive, and so much to do. We love Melbourne!

I have to confess that I spend some time down there and do enjoy it. spent most of my teenage years living there
But the novelty usually wears of after a week or two
especially the traffic, noise, pollution and the one hour travel to get anywhere from "A" to "B"
Spent a week last Christmas in St Kilda and really enjoyed the food, coffee, music but I it saddens me when you are sitting in Ackland St sipping coffee and eating the best pasties all you can see are cars, shops, asphalt and concrete not a tree or a hint of soil to be seen.

Humans are strange creatures; we see a beautiful area and proceed to live and cover it with ugly buildings

Suburbia is where we chop down all the native tree's and then name all the streets after them!!!!

Wow DesertRat... you must only ever have visited little towns to have this impression of Melbourne
Try Sydney, or Hobart - they have shocking streets and congestion (sure Hobart's so small the congestion doesn't last long)
Or worse go overseas!
St Kilda is a little pavement-like I must agree, but there are some lovely spots (usually younger in development terms) that retain trees and beauty.

If you go to st kilda theres also a community garden near acland st worth looking at

Hi KP
With my work I spend plenty of time in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin and places overseas and to me they are all pretty much the same, Lots of buildings, noise, cars and pollution, perhaps I've been living in Alice too long where you can walk less than 10 minutes from the edge of town and you are in the middle of a pristine environment. Where if you have more than 4 cars banked up at an intersection we call it a traffic Jam, the air is always clean, the sky is blue for 350 days a year. Don't worry Alice Springs has problems but what place doesn't.
Regardless of where you live it's the people that make a place and your attitude to others
I enjoy where ever I am as they say "Be where you are" its just that I choose to live in a more pristine environment.
Hi FF
Went to the community garden which I thought was good and the Sunday Market along the St Kilda Foreshore and always enjoy a stroll through the Vic markets.

I send a couple of systems over, see if you can't sell them in the week that you're there....

I'm with you desertrat...... I have 2 sons living in Melbourne and they love it, but while I don't mind it for a short visit, I can't wait to get back to the bush and open spaces. And no parking problems here.

Hehehe just leaving out the ratbait most of your comments are valid, but I have to defend.

Back on topic

Kew community festival
Melbourne city romp
Food and wine festival

I subscribed to weekend notesit's really quite informative.

HI KP
Regardless of what I think of Melbourne we are all living in the best country in the world, if you have travelled overseas it makes you appreciate that we are living in the "Lucky Country"

And Faye while in Melbourne a couple of things you may like to do

Visit the "Diggers Seed Savers" garden and restaurant down on the Mornington Peninsula (a bit of a drive)
The Dandenong Ranges (also a drive) which has some great restaurants. coffee shops and the Puffing Billy train ride
and in Melbourne my favourite eating place is "Lebanese House" in Russell St (reputably the first in Australia) good simple cheap meals.