Category: Victoria

The idea of continental breakfast has never been that appealing to me. Most times even a badly cooked bacon and eggs has more interest then the continental. But Walhalla’s Star Hotel might have converted me. They had the usual cereal, yoghurt and toast but added to that was real fairtrade coffee, croissants and the most… Continue reading Day 3 – Walhalla Goldfields Train

Waking up with a throbbing headache sucks when you are on holidays. I woke up with one to rival the great migraine of cadbury chocolate hangover from the 2000 Olympic Opening night. I took some drugs, but the only thing that actually fixed it was when I blew my nose. For a good 3 minutes… Continue reading Day 2 – Wharburton and Walhalla

Here I was thinking that we would be the only two from Brisbane heading down to Melbourne to support the Socceroos and the bloody plane was full of supporters! So much so that the Virgin steward wished them luck in the voiceover at the end of the flight. The plane left at 7am which meant… Continue reading Day 1 – Socceroos vs Greece at the MCG