Yeah it's either 2 hours or all day, so no you don't pay every time you change from one vehicle to another. $5.30 for the first 2 hours then a second $5.30 for the remainder of the day. Also if you tap on for the first time after 6pm weekdays (ie you haven't done anything earlier) you'll just pay $5.30 for all night.
You should go to the dawn service at the Shrine of Rememberance on ANZAC Day (25 April). Yes dawn. They'll run extra public transport early so just get onto a St Kilda Rd tram and follow the crowds.
@@coffeeenut this is all over Victoria too with both buses and trains - so theoretically you can do an 18 hour journey from Mildura to Mallacoota for $10.60. It is 12 hours (without breaks) by driving. I dunno why you would do that, but that in theory is one of the longest routes you can do. More realistic journeys are like Melbourne to Bendigo or Ballarat - both are actually relatively the same time on a train vs in a car. Why bother driving given that. Tell all that to your American relatives back home and have their minds blown LOL
It's not fragile, it's sensible. If you want to keep dry in the rain, use an umbrella. If you want to protect yourself against skin cancer in the sun, use an umbrella.😊
Welcome to Melbourne. We are glad to have you. We are now officially the most populated city in Australia. I am Melbourne born and breed and as much as I love travelling abroad, I love coming home❤️
Including Melton in Melbourne is a dupe. Based on that Sydney (the Foundation city of Australia) can include Katoomba and Wollongong in its population. Why are Melbournians so paranoid? Sydney was founded in the Georgian era, 1788. Melbourne, 1830? Victorian era, 50 years after Arthur Phillip founded New South Wales in 1788, including the now States of Victoria and Queensland. Give us a break. Sydney is the genuine Foundation city of Australia, with genuine Georgian buildings - St James Church, Hyde Park Barracks, Australian Museum.
WOW….. is someone having a bad day. Thanks for the history lesson. Though I still cannot understand how your facts relate to my comment….. and after all that we are still the most populated city according to our federal government….. suck it up buttercup😀
Melbourne really does cater to everyone. And has amazing public transport. I’m so glad you’re enjoying our lovely city so far. You’ve certainly not experienced the really stereotypically erratic Melbourne weather yet - Autumn tends to be the most settled season. Spring is often stormy, and the winds can get fierce, whilst winters can vary between bitter and pleasantly mild. Which makes winter sound like a range of beers. How Australian.
Great to see you looking so happy and relaxed! I felt a little sorry for you when you first arrived in Tassie and didn't know anyone but you have grown so much since then Ashleigh. You're such a nice girl you deserve to be happy. Welcome to Melbourne! 😊
I adore Tassie, only place i genuinely wanted to move to, family situation meant I never did. But Melbourne is a large cosmopolitan city with all the advantages and disadvantages that brings. Not really fair to compare Melbourne to Hobart, they are just very different things.
I also moved from Hobart to Melbourne... but in 2003. One of the reasons I moved was so I could be myself, which I found hard in Tasmania because no matter where you go there is a chance someone knows you. Strangers are usually helpful and friendly in Melbourne. Focaccia sandwiches (toasted) have been common in cafe's for as long as I can remember. I'm not sure that is a trend.
Focaccias and Paninis have been around for a long time. Strange that they seem to be back “on trend” they have always been prevalent in cafes due to their convenience and the fact you can toast them or eat them fresh. So many options for ingredients too. Welcome to Melbourne!
True, either are trends. It's just cheap eating especially if takeaway plus easy to manage the eating. So that's what's driving the popularity it's not a trend as such. Also Melbourne is very much coffee driven as a culture we had massive coffee houses in the 19th century then influx of Italians and Greeks which led to smaller cafes. It's not about the trend as such it's about celebrating the coffee. NY and other cities think it's Starbucks now THAT is a vacuous trend which has not really taken off here. Yes there are a few Starbucks scattered around mainly for tourists and the clueless.
@@alicejohnson8751 Really? Australia hasn't had many Mediterranean migrants in the past 50 years, the descendants of post war migrants have mostly merged into mainstream culture. These days a coffee shop is more likely to be run by someone with an Anglo-Saxon name and a pizza place by Arabs or Chinese.
A pleasant surprise in summer months is the very long twilight. With daylight saving it's possible to do long day trips drives & back in daylight hours to places like Wilson's Promontory, Great Ocean Road and the 12 Apostles, & Walhalla, & be home by 9 pm before sunset. Or an overnight in the Grampians. Of course there are closer options like Ballarat, the Dandenongs, Mornington Peninsula, Bellarine Peninsula & Phillip Island for the shorter days in Autumn (Fall) & Winter & early Spring. Most of the main attractions are outside Melbourne. But there are still a few attractions within the city Como House, Captain Cook's Cottage, the Zoo, Eureka Tower Lookout and street art lanes are a few of those.
@@coffeeenut YW. Oh, I forgot Healesville for native Aussie animals & the William Ricketts Sanctuary in the Dandenongs. Phillip Island for seeing koalas, seals and penguins in the wild. You'll be spoiled for choice for daytrips around Melbourne.
The flip side of having such a long twilight in Summer is that you can get a rude shock the futher North that you travel at the speed with which it gets dark quickly in other places. You suddenly find yourself running around to get things done before it gets dark.
@@markfryer9880 Melbourne Au is in the southern hemisphere. So going SOUTH below 40 degrees decreases winter daylight. Melbourne is 37.81 latitude so it's hardly Canada at 49 degrees. About the same as Athens, Greece or Stockton California, or C'ville Virginia.
Hi I been living in Melbourne for the last 10 years My wife is from New York abd I'm from israel and we love it here in Melbourne even that the weather I'd what it is
Great suburbs to eat, music, shop Thornbury, Northcote, Brunswick, Williamstown, Coburg, High Street Thornbury, even Alton Beach area is a nice stroll. Ofcourse St Kilda, Sandringham Beach. Spent a weekend in Geelong and Queenscliff. Tune in 3pbs radio and find out where great music is.
On the trends: it was not always thus :) Melbourne's cafe culture really hit high gear around 20 years ago, and as it's become ever more cut-throat competitive, cafes live or die on their trendiness now (well many do - the best can ignore the trends :). When I was living in rural North Carolina, I remember seeing stories from home about "deconstructued lattes" which very much confused the locals :). If you get a chance, go visit Pellegrini's Espresso Bar - 66 Bourke St in the CBD (just down the street from Parliament House). It has some claim to being the first Italian-style cafe in Melbourne... and therefore the point of origin for our coffee obsession. Be prepared, though - it's nothing like a normal Melbourne cafe - it's very much a traditional Italian family cafe experience :) P.S. I guarantee you'll find decent bagels in Melbourne... although you may need to search a bit ;)
the deconstructed latte wasnt actually a deconstructed latte it was just how a cafe decided to serve machiatos because people have different preferences for the coffee to milk ratio so they let people add the milk themselves its just one of those things that got picked in the headlines and took off
Elsternwick is the best place for bagels in Melbourne! Just DON'T go there on a Saturday because the great bagel places aren't open. I made that mistake only once 🤦
My Mum introduced me to Pellegrini's, she would go there when she worked at Collins Books in the '50s. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to bring myself to return since the old man was murdered in the street. I'm too used to seeing him behind the bar.
I live in the Dandenong Ranges. It is beautiful, even when foggy and drizzling. It is usually 5°C cooler than at the bottom of the hill so if you come here on one of the cooler days, rug up.
Hi from Brisbane. Have visited Melbourne many times and usually enjoyed it very much (last visit, there was so much construction going on in the city, it was very annoying). Not sure where you are, but if you make it to trendy Carlton there is our favourite restaurant Shakahari, 201 Faraday St (just off Lygon St). Great food at very reasonable prices. And of course Brunetti's are just around the corner. Agree with other comments, you are very welcome here.
Melbourne relaxed, are you serious? It's nothing like your delusion implies. I have lived in three different countries, one in Europe two in Asia. This is very explicit: If one is not of the LGBTI type, nor has good friends providing a semblance of peer support one is doomed! Worse still, if one is heterosexual your life will be plainly very depressing. The only reason I returned to Melbourne after living overseas for almost seven years is due to illness. In addition to the geo-political tensions in Asia that have very much ruined any sense of maintaining steady work. The only advantage to living in Australia is the stable politics and a welfare system. The rest sucks. No I didn't miss Melbourne but when the greener pastures turn pale one must return. Extremely relaxed....no.
Don’t know where you’re working but it is handy to know that train rides into the city are free if you tap on and off before 7.15am. Trams in the cbd are free. Daily Myki cost shouldn’t go over $10 odd whatever the max is these days. If your card is debiting $6 every time you use it make sure you haven’t set up to only buy 2 hour tickets. Welcome and enjoy your coffee adventure! Even at Maccas the barista’s have training. You will find Starbucks, but they’re really only aimed at Americans looking for a sugar fix 😊
Why would you want to go to a Starbucks in Melbourne when we have such great coffee shops everywhere and even the McCafe has to be better than Starbucks.
I remember moving here too. The first few years I was on such a high. The good thing is that Melbourne is community driven almost everywhere. The outer suburbs I find it a bit more isolating. But, inner city suburbs all over are very connected with places and facilities and things to do. The trends I don't notice a whole lot but the city prides itself on coffee and food and is always looking for the next new thing I imagine. I'm vegan and Melbourne has an overwhelming number of options for me. Fitzroy/Collingwood are probably the best suburbs for that. That's awesome you've been enjoying yourself!
Agreed. I think the trends this lady speaks of are better described as 'micro trends' that occur in an isolated Melbourne suburb maybe. Possibly the coffee/sandwich shops are owned or managed by the same franchise.
@@coffeeenut betcha I do see the mont blanc coffee everywhere now lol. I actually do see some trends when I think about it. I remember when cold brew coffee took off in the early 2010s. Cafes everywhere were suddenly doing it. Croissants are definitely going through a revival at the moment with people lining up at some places. Focaccias were huge about 20 years ago, so it's interesting to hear they are back! I was never that into them so it would be cool to see how they are doing them now.
I live in Adelaide, and my brother and his family live in Melbourne. When I go to visit him we make a week of it, and go explore all of the cafes, wine bars, bistros and coffee shops in the CBD. There are so many, and they are always changing. Adelaide sadly doesn't have the population critical mass to support such a dining culture. Don't get me wrong, Adelaide has some great places for food and coffee. But not on the scale and variety as Melbourne.
Adelaide is like a mini Melbourne. It has many benefits, and many disadvantages too, all because of the population, as David said. The weather in Adelaide is a Mediterranean climate, and it’s typically 4-5°C warmer than Melbourne. Food is amazing here, but it’s all based around the city and the very inner suburbs (either The Parade or King William Road), it has a far superior arts culture, and great beaches. The Adelaide Hill are literally 20 minutes out of the CBD by car, and many wine regions are within 45 minutes. Unfortunately, things I miss about Melbourne are late night trading, cafes on every corner with endless restaurants and places to explore each week, and just the general vibe of the hustle and bustle of life around the university precincts (parkville, hawthorn, etc…). All in all the conveniences and activity in Melbourne are noticeable versus a smaller city like Adelaide.
Hi Ashley, there is a historical connection between Tasmania and Melbourne that you may not be aware of but which I think you might find interesting. Melbourne was founded by Tasmanians - specifically, northern Tasmanians. They asked permission from Sydney to settle Port Phillip Bay but this was refused. So they took their request to the Privy Council in London and were granted permission, but were given specific instructions, such as the need to bring so many thousands of sheep etc, to ensure the success of the venture. They landed on the shores of the Yarra River, just below a waterfall that no longer exists that separated salt water from freshwater, in 1835. And so, Melbourne (named for Lord Melbourne, the British Prime Minister of the day) was born, although it has had a number of other names, including Beargrass and Batman (after John Batman, one of the founders, the other main one being John Pascoe Fawkner).
I was born in Melbourne and love the weather. The thing is sometimes it is coming across the desert from Perth, but other times straight across the ocean from Antarctica. And it is almost never humid. Although that gives us all types of weather I like the variety.
Stay away from Sydney if you dislike humidity. These days it is on and off amost all summer, it was once only February. Not Singaporen humidity though.
Interesting I find Melbourne quite humid compared to Canberra which is very dry. Not as humid as Sydney or anywhere north but still humid. Much more difficult to dry clothes outside.
@@kayelle8005 I agree. Melbourne has been getting progressively more humid. I moved from Adelaide 25 years ago and chose Melbourne over Sydney because it wasn't humid here. Not anymore, the last few years especially has been quite humid in summer.
the trend driven cafe culture is because Melb City has lost a lot of workers coming into the city due to working from home, so these cafes are heavily competing for that lucrative customer ;). Welcome to Melbourne
If youre not wedded to any particular GP (not literally) you can get GPs to come to you after hours. I did that once when I had food poisoning and couldnt leave my place. It was bulk billed too. Im in Perth so I assume they have that in Melbourne. ps cant believe Ive been following you for 2 years. You have changed a lot since your first posts! You seem far more relaxed and at ease these days. Its been nice to see.
Focaccias, Yes, they were around in the early to mid 90's (in Sydney and Melbourne), perhaps earlier and then Turkish bread took over and stayed. Smashed Avocado dishes and cold brewed coffee were/are other big trends! I remember people including my mum used to order Vienna coffee (A traditional Viennese coffee, combining espresso and a generous topping of whipped cream with chocolate sprinkle) instead of cappucinos but I haven't seen them for ages! I guess it was all the cream that put people off because they would be calorific!
Ashleigh, It's nice to see you are settling in Melbourne. I'm from Tasmania born and bred but my late mother was from there and lived in Footsgrray until 1954. after that they moved to my late father's home state Tasmania. Melbourne is my favourite city in Australia. I love the culture there. Ashleigh you won't run out of coffee places to go to in Melbourne. Congratulations at choosing a good place to live like Melbourne. Hope you come back to Tassie from time to time for a visit as its still has a lot to offer. Pete from from Devonport Tas...
Great to hear you’re enjoying Melbourne so much, it’s a great town. This must be the second Focaccia sandwich wave - the first one was in the 1990s! You probably already know but public transport is free within the CBD so you can hop on and hop off without limits around the city if you need to.
Myki: The 2 hour cap fare is $5.30. (& can get bit more than 2 hours, in couple ways). If a journeys extends beyond the 2 hours then will be charged $5.30 on next tap off. If complete journey/s within 2 hours & don't travel again that day, it's $5.30 max. The initial might seem a bit expensive compared to a single trip fare elsewhere or if doing a very short trip but have to remember won't ever pay more than 2 fares in a day. $5.30 on first touch off, & $5.30 if touch off more than 2 hours from first touch on, of the day. Will never be charged more than (in 2024) anymore than $10:60 in a day/night for any travel on any or multiple Public Transport mode/s in Greater Melbourne. Fares/caps are less than that, on Saturdays and Sundays, also. $10.60 is also Statewide cap now too, & to/from mid Regional Stations (Ballarat, Geelong & bit past, Seymour, Traralgon), or Bus termini, can just use Myki card. This next TIP is one many Melb people don't know, OR don't realise they're not charged a full day's fare: If Tap on AFTER 6pm, you're only charged Max $5.30, for whole night. (& if not traveled before 6pm on same day $5.30 is the cap). PTV day changeover is around 3am*. [*Some flexibility re longer trips/line and regional travel, but also depends on departure time of the train if around 3am, but if tapped on by 2 for long journeys or 2:30 for more local, it's unlikely to go into next day fare but will only be $5.30, & may not even be, as travel completed before 7:15 am on weekdays is free, *but need to have positive balance on card at end of trip] Re the 2 hour cap, for $5.30, if break your journey at a station in between your first departure station and your (suburban) final destination station the 2 hour allowance is extended a bit. PTV doesn't state how much extra time we get but I've got it to approx 15 minutes. Say, get on at Flinders St Station (or any Loop Station), decide to get off a few stations along the line, grab something from shop etc and get back on a train the 2 hour allowance may then, approx, 2 hours 15 minutes. Allowance does not apply re CBD & City Loop Stations. It is also only re trains. On Myki Top Up, or Purchase, machines there's a 'Myki History' button where can check trips and fares charged for last 10 trips. The right column will show $0.00 for some or several trips.
Interesting to hear your experience, and I’m glad people have been friendly. FYI- I grew up with focaccia’s, they’ve been around since at least the early 90’s.
As a Sydney sider, I dig Melbourne. Gold Coast is our version of Florida, love tropical Qld. Check out Fremantle in Wa. Housing in Sydney is ridiculous.
I hope that you’re enjoying Melbourne 😊. About trends; there was this chocolate brownie croissant in a bakery close to my place, and it was so popular in the first few weeks, and now it’s faded away
Glad you're enjoying your new home. Oh thats interesting re being trend driven. Dont tbink ive notced that too much anywhere else in Aus. Looking forward to seeing you explore there more and day trips of course. Re transport costs, Is there a cap on public transport in Melbourne? I geel like there would be? I remember living in Sydney for years and there was a daily cap and weekly cap. So for example weekly cap is $50 so that's the most you'll pay no matter how much you tap on and off . Fri-sun cap is $9. Mon-Thurs was higher though. Still waiting for rest of the country to catch up on bank card/tap paywave.
Hell yeah, Melbourne is great. I do live in a house in the northern suburbs but its only ~25-30 mijutes to drive to the city so 🤷.... and i also work in the CBD. But its great!
Re : Melbourne weather , yes it can be a little bit four seasons on occasions , but when you look at the weather over time particularly if you are an older person , I think you may come to the conclusion , Melbourne has the best weather in the country , we rarely get the nasty tropical stuff like up north gets , generally , the seasons are what get , in winter it can get a bit dreary and cold as you would expect , in summer it can get stinking hot when the wind blows across the red centre to us , but generally its lovely and warm through summer , and in between winter and summer of course you get bit of a mixture. Melbourne statistically gets roughly half the rainfall Sydney gets . In my 6 plus decades living mostly in Melbourne except for a stint working in WA , I`ve seen snow on the ground in Melbourne burbs twice , and when I say snow , it more like a sprinkling to cover the ground. Interesting to hear your take about public transport , it looks ok , I`m more of a car guy , when I was young I used to jump on the old w class trams to go to school and very occasionally use the train before my licence . I`m not real big on crowds in public transport , that's just me . its interesting how the weather can be different on different ares of the state , if your in the east of Victoria it appears they get a lot more of the slightly more extreme weather at times , on the northern side of mid/outer Melbourne burbs , it appears we are in a bit of a weather shadow , when its bad or really nasty on the other side of town , often it appears we cop a lot less ( just an observation) , not to say we don't get our share of dreary weather when the dreary weather season comes , but you have to take the good with the bad. It is good having shops open fairly late in the big smoke , if you know your way around you can always find a feed somewhere :) . I hope you are going to stay for a while and experience summer here , I think you'll love it . All the best to you .
Hi Ashleigh. Weather here is so up & down at times. You can go out in the morning with a jacket, by mid mirning you are down to a t-shirt only to have a southerly cool change happen just after lunch & you need a coat & umbrella & try & keep out of the cold wind. It's just the geography of where we are. Glad you are enjoying Melbourne so far. Check out the comedy festival atm. One of the best in the world.
Sydney is SO much better than Melbourne. And it's a big competition and it matters a lot. A LOT. And Sydney is CRAZY better than Melbourne, because we go to the gym more and get more sun tanned. Yep. Sydney. First and foremost at all times. AND way cooler and friendlier. And more energy and art. But, we also lie all the time, like all the time, especially about how good Sydney is
Haha good inclusion for your concluding comment. Yep, you're 100% correct regards competition between Melb + Syd IS real, and a big deal at that! Being Melb born + bred, I get it - I'm biased. However, I love Sydney for a getaway - it's a great, pretty city to be in & I love the historical elements! Let's not even hint at the COST of Sydney, though 🙄 That is the biggest downside of Sydney - renting is barely affordable (and only the rich can consider buying a home of their own) and the roads SUCK. So, hit up Sydney for a lovely getaway vacay, do some amazing convict tours, have a wine or 5 at the Opera Bar! Enjoy some fabulous restaurants, and of course boat trips out in the harbour... lovely!!! But I wouldn't live there ... not even if I could afford it. One major difference being - people. I've lived in many different places in Australia, and Sydney-siders are really quite rude unfortunately 😔 I do take pride in the fact that Melbourne + her residents are usually extremely friendly, open to chatting strangers and not so hung up on having to be a "certain way" to be accepted ❤
I’ve lived in Melbourne my whole life and worked in the CBD for over a decade. My biggest complaint is that everything closes at 2.30-3pm. I get that they cater to the corporate people (which is me) so makes sense to close after the lunch hour, but some days I miss lunch or am desperate for a coffee and snack in the afternoon and nothing is open near my office.
It would be really interesting for you to go to the Anzac Day dawn service at the Shrine of Rememberance and tell us about your experience. It on April 25th
Well, you can't move to Melbourne and not visit Healesville and the animal sanctuary there. When you do, my father and I would love to buy you lunch or dinner anywhere, since there is so much fine food and wine here. I'm 57 and my father is 87, so do your due diligence. But I've had a great time taking 'social media friends' out in the region, in a large part because hospitality is pretty close to a religion for me.
I moved from Melbourne to Hobart for all of 2021 and 2022. Lots of great things about Hobart and Tassie, but i couldn’t wait to get back to Melbourne. Melbourne just has far more resources. You can get anything, and at a bargain price. And yes, Hobart doesn’t have enough GPs. Hobart was just too insular for me. I felt isolated. Melbourne is much better for normal people, ie renters, workers.. etc. the trend driven thing is interesting. I think it happens politically too, which irritates me 😂
And I think you are right that Melbourne people are more sensitive to the weather, which i find amusing. Yes, it’s raining heavily now, and yes, it was sunny and beautiful 5 minutes ago, oh and now it’s hailing. Well, that happens, but I don’t notice it until other people mention it 😂
If you want a UNIQUE Melbourne coffee then you have to have a “magic” They are so in right now that you can even get them (inferior version of) @ your local 7-Eleven 😂
It is said that the sugar content in chocolate and junk food products in America is much higher than in Europe and other developed countries. what is your opinion
FIRSTLY MOST IMPORTANTLY Your hair is gorgeous. Perfect Luxurious Amazing ... bitch. So happy for you and so brave of you. It's hard to start up again in an unknown world without family and lifelong friends. Hope the JOB is off to a good start (only caught half of vid so far). Everything will be new and scary but of course you will just get in and be the best. You are living your best life cos you have dared to take a chance and keep taking a chance MOVING FORWARD. It's something to be proud of. I love Tassie btw (always start with a positive) and do not love Melbourne (just being honest - id feel weird pretending to like Melbourne even from afar). Glad you like it tho. Last time I was there I was at the airport, my flight leaving in a couple of hours, begging to be put on an earlier flight home (no such luck of course). Id been affected by Major bouts of Sinus the whole time I was there but that last day I was sick as a dog. Anyways .. glad you like it so far (someone's got to). ummm btw re the following, no avid attention necessary BUT if you find a coffee joint you love that sells packets of beans over the counter or direct. Could I get their name and ph number please so I can purchase some beans from them? A lot of coffee houses sell beans to customers and must have mailing lists as well. Id deal with them direct because I don't expect you to be involved - but a biz name and phone number would be great if you can. MELBOURNES COFFEE IS GLORIOUS - i'll give it that. I can't stand the coffee in this state (well ive tried it from Gold Coast to Cairns and that's most of the state) and NSW (being on the Gold Coast ive travelled much of NSW as well) is Not much better. Bought a really expensive coffee machine ages ago and ran out of crap coffee ages ago but won't start it up again until I have a coffee that's drinkable to put through it. Not in a hurry I can wait but def sticking to that statement. You are of course a coffee connoisseur & understand the need for good coffee. Anyways if and when you find your favorite place for a coffee could you maybe get their biz card and even just take a pic to post on liner. No need to muck about sending separately - I watch all yr gear so if added somewhere under your name I'll see it. If not cest la guerre - Love your work Sam.
Finally leaving the Tasmanian nest spread your wings my eagle friend by the way you've barely scratched the surface theres a reason this city was voted most liveable city in the world 7 years in a row, i was waiting for the day you would get here lol forget Sydney and Brisbane, Melbourne is the place to be
I don’t know where you lived in Hobart but nearly every cafe or restaurant is accommodating to requests and food is amazing compared to Melbourne where you have to know the place otherwise you’ll eat somewhere dodgy with awful food. So you’re comparing a city of 250K to Melb with 5 million, mmmm wonder why there are differences. We don’t use umbrellas as it doesn’t rain a lot either Hobart is the second driest capital city in Australia.
I’m comparing my experience between living in two places, not the cities themselves and in Hobart I’ve had businesses roll their eyes and look down upon me for asking if they had anything dairy free
The word you're thinking about for Melbourne weather is "psychotic". Melbourne is probably the most tribal of all Australian cities - think of it as a collection of small villages that each have their own football team. I have friends in Melbourne who seem oddly proud of the fact that travelling any further than 10k is regarding as going on holidays. Sydney is a little less tribal, and by the time you get to Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth it's not completely unknown to travel almost to the opposite side of the city. Melbourne has some of the best cooks and chefs in Australia so the only way any new places can gain a following is to jump on whatever the latest trend is. But there are also restaurants and cafes that have been established for decades. If you really want to shock the good people of your new city try dressing without wearing black. 🤣
Sorry but you are living in the city an close to the other suburb. But you go beyond the inner suburbs an too the outer suburbs you don't have have what the city has your options are very limited especially with real dietary issues. Also the supermarkets stock up quicker inner city. Also the outer suburbs don't have the cafes an open all hour's once again like the city.
Yeah g'day, It's good to hear you are settling into Melbney and fabulous news on the cat is it a calico? I agree Melbney is very trend driven and in some cases, those trends manage to infect other places. Fortunately, they don't last long before something sensible comes along.
:in other places, people would be like "I don't care if another cafe does that." More like in other places, people would be like "A what? Never even heard of it!" I'm in Adelaide and i have no idea what that was; nor any clue what those two sandwiches are. Like, how do you even spell those things to even even google them? Wow Melbournians seem so sophisticated, like everything is assumed knowledge. I would feel so stupid if i ever tried to visit there.. :(
@@coffeeenut your a coffee nut...haha 😂at home l drink bushells instant coffee $ 8.50 it's in a brown tin at supermarkets. its cheap compared to other brands but tastes pritty good and quite smooth .just put more for stronger ...l'm from taylors Lakes Melbourne l like the bigger roads and shopping centre no need to travel very far.but a car is best.we got 5 supermarkets within in 3 klms.
Yes it gets really cold in Winter but honestly, our Winter's are quite mild compared to North America, Canada, parts of Europe, Russia etc. Melbourne nor Tasmania for that matter does not get that bone chilling freezing cold where we are forced to wear several layers of clothes and our suburbs and CBD are covered in a thick blanket of snow which requires us to shovel it for weeks on end! We don't live through snow blizzards and if you want to see snow you drive to the mountains and ski resorts
Honestly the worst thing about Melbourne winter is the fact our clothes aren’t made to withstand wind. Real wool coats are just prohibitively expensive so we just wear 15 layers of polyester and suffer 😂
things about Melbourne, Number 1, It's better than Sydney. Number 2, Sydney sucks Number 3, People from Sydney suck, we make time everyday, to make fun of Sydney and it's residents. Oh, also on a more serious note, if you use public transport quite often, get a Myki Pass, it will save you change, especially a monthly Myki Pass
G Day, I think Sydney is secretly calling you. The lack of sun has a weird effect on people down south. You look and sound like a young lady destined to be a NSW Blue. Take care Love NSW
I just hope you are a responsible cat owner and don't allow them to roam outside, particularly at night. In Australia cats and foxes have been responsible for over 30 native mammal extinctions since being introduced after European settlement. Unfortunately, many people don't realise that we hold the world record for the most mammal extinctions anywhere on the planet. So sad and it's still happening today.
sadly.. we had a mildish late summer ( central vic here, just up the road ) summer is going out kicking and screaming and autumn is here, cooler nights, reasonable days.... lets see what happens in aug/sept.
Get over the weather, lady! You are in Australia - the cold bit. If you want Meditteranean - Adelaide, heatwave is inland, arid - Perth, tropical - Cairns or Darwin. Just get over it! Nobody cares.
As someone who used to call Hobart home and now residing in Melbourne, welcome. I hope you enjoy it here as much as I do. I no longer have to organise a weekend trip to Melbourne to do anything :D
100% agree with you about the weather. I’ve yet to be really cold in my two years in Melbourne and I’ve used an umbrella exactly once. I remember when your subscriber numbers were in the low hundreds so congratulations on your channel growth. Are you inner city? I can understand you may not want to say which suburb you’re in but if you can say whether your north or east etc of the city that would help us give you local recommendations.
Haha... Brilliant. Don't know which suburb you've ended up in, but I lived in Brunswick East for a number of years and only moved out during Covid for work reasons and those em effers used to almost make me vomit with the keeness to stay on trend. I remember when it became fashionable to ride use bicycles as your means of transport. Fuck me. And the it simply HAD to be a fixie. Hahahaha. I sometimes miss walking around looking at all the 'individuals' walking around in the exact same clothes. hehehe. You're gonna love it here miss. Welcome to our little corner of the world.
Welcome to my home town! I have lived here my whole life except a couple of years (in NZ and Sydney). I live in the suburbs now but work in the inner city so enjoy a mix of the busy and more quiet areas. I'm so excited you got a cat! Cat chat Melbourne is a great Facebook page for cat related content and questions etc. hope you continue to settle in well and apologies for today's gross weather 😂
