When we got to Melbourne, one of the first things we heard was that it’s considered by some as the “coffee capital of the world”. There are so many cafes and they take coffee seriously. We saw so many people using KeepCups or reusable travel mugs when getting “take away” coffee. In fact, some cafes don’t even have disposable cups so your options are to sit in or to bring your…

Whenever we go to a new city, or a new country, we always try to find out what food it is known for, or what the local dish is. Going to Australia, we heard about the amazing pies and sausage rolls, which we eventually tried in Sydney, but in Melbourne, we tried none of the “traditional” Australian dishes that we had heard about. Melbourne is so diverse that we ended up trying a lot…

Because of the day trips that we took from Melbourne, we only had about 4 days in the city. We wanted to take advantage of those days and do as many of the attractions that we could! The first night we were there, even though we were super jetlagged, we went to a free comedy show at Spleen. Because it was free, our hopes weren’t too high, but it was hilarious! We were laughing the…

The first day we got to Melbourne we were super tired after 20+ hours of traveling so we spent the day being lazy. The next morning we woke up ready to walk around the town! We first stopped at a bakery for breakfast and then went to the Central…

Every time we visit a new city, I always look to see if the area has a Chinatown. In the US, we’ve seen a few cities with Chinatown’s that have really stood out, most noticeably Oakland’s Chinatown. With that said, we were excited to go through Chinatown Melbourne to try as much food as we possibly could. One thing that made Chinatown Melbourne different was the lack of…

We were so excited for our trip to Wilson’s Prom. There are so many different trails and hikes but we decided on Mount Oberon, which we heard was pretty steep but had the best views. To get to the trail, we had to drive through the park for almost an hour, which was awesome! We saw wallabies, kangaroo, emus, and wombats right by the road! And birds! There were so many…

Since we were staying in Melbourne for 7 days, our friend Ian suggested renting a car and taking a couple days outside the city. So we did! We rented a car and had to learn how to drive on the left side of the road. It definitely isn’t as hard as it sounds but it was…

We took a day trip to Peninsula Hot Springs, which I’ll write about tomorrow because it was amazing! But on the way to our airbnb, we wanted to stop at a look out. There are so many to choose from, but we decided to stop at Mount Martha Beach South because we knew there was a beach and cliffs and figured that would photograph well. It only took us about 25 minutes to drive there…