Kev in Aus

Chronicling the misadventures of a Canadian traveling through Australia. There's seemingly far too many of us!

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

The Melbourne Identity

So I'm in Melbourne right now, situated on the southern coast of Australia. Really nice city, and very European, meaning that there are a lot of interesting little cafes and shops located right in an alleyway. Serioualy, walk down an alley, and you'll find a 4' x 4' nook that sells fresh sushi. It's bizarre. Really cool, and unlike anything I've seen in Canada really. There seems to be a very cultural vibe to Melbourne, lots of art galleries and theatres and such.

However, I've found myself very bored here. I'm not exactly sure why, but the things to do around here just don't seem very interesting. I could take a run along Great Ocean Road and take pictures of rocks and such, but it's pricey just to head out and look at the ocean. or I could run down to Penguin Island (no joke, they actually have a place called Penguin Island, though it's a bit of a misnomer. They actually send all their discarded Ikea furniture there. The gift shop is predictably boring).

But luckily I'm heading back to Sydney 0n Thursday for a while. Looking around I've found it to have more jobs and more housing, although it is a little more expensive than Melbourne. Luckily, I have extra organs I don't need. I can sell a lung and live like a king. Well, an asthmatic king anyways.

And to the hundreds of you who emailed me asking about the trees and why they seem to be barkless, I've found out the reason, so please stop flooding my inbox with crazy theories (for the last time, it's not due to rampaging bands of bark eating monkeys). Turns out the bark actually contains the seeds for these trees, so they're constantly shedding it to "spread it around" as they say. Scandalous!

So in conclusion: Melbourne = Meh, Sydney = Yay, Trees = Whores.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ah you are finding Melbourne the same as me the 1st time i went. I was like Meh also.....but then i went back and was like yeah i get it now. Anyhow you should really take the ferry or fly into Tassie. I thought it was well worth it. But i understand your pull to Sydney. It has a whole different vibe to it.

11:11 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

kevin, you ol dog (or dingo?)

-Miko

4:31 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You're just as hilarious here as in real life. Are you logging in as various strange-named people to make yourself look more popular? I know your treecks.

2:22 PM  
Blogger K-Dawg said...

Man, I didn't even think about logging in as differently named people to make myself look more popular. I'm gonna have to start doing that! My readership will appear to go through the freaking roof! Excellent... *rubs hands together*

10:24 PM  

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