Sending you a Postcard: Melbourne & Great Ocean Road

Melbourne felt like an intriguing mixture of classic European and urban hipster style. It has no grandiose sightseeing, but behind every corner we found something surprising – like a break dance show, magicians and a bar under a bridge. Melbourne is a place of good food, small special stores, and different kind of happenings.

During our first day we attended St Kilda festival, free music festival with loads of food trucks by the beach boulevard, a nice concept. Heard new kind of music from local bands and ate delicious vegan food and coconuts!

Otherwise we mainly hung around the city: took a free tram tour around the city center, checked out many things from the “Things to do in Melbourne” list in TripAdvisor and Lonely Planet, such as Hosier Lane’s graffiti and Block Arcade, went to the Queen Victoria Night Market, did some cafeteria hopping, took a long walk in Fitzroy and Collinswood and admired the city skyline from Eureka Tower. Another cool place was Federation Square by the Yarra river, (it’s like Melbourne’s “Kansalaistori”) with outdoor free cinema and free Art of Moving Image Center (like a free “Kiasma”).

Block Arcade

Royal Arcade

Café Hopping

One of the many many many pieces at Hosier Lane

View from Eureka Tower

Great Ocean Road

Of course we also drove through GOR to the must-see Twelve Apostoles. The road starts near Geelong and heads to Adelaide. This time our road trip took two days – just enough time to drive back and forth and stop wherever we (or our chauffeur Ville) wanted. And yep, in addition to the main sight we found many curious and beautiful lookouts, beaches and other spots. I enjoyed the roadtrip just as much as in Tasmania, it has a great freedom to it, deciding yourself where and when to go and what to do.

Melbourne and Great Ocean Road really were a beautiful ending for our trip together with Ville and Roope. :)