Flinders Street Railway Station |
The most noticeable difference to home is of course the climate. The weather has actually been varied, we've had plenty of cloud and the odd heavy downpour and impressive lightening storm amongst the sunshine but it's definitely hotter than England! Weather is prone to fluctuation on a daily basis so we don't feel too far from home even if hayfever in November was a new phenomenon for Mat. Average temperatures range from the high teens to low thirties meaning that during sunny spells (like the last week) it's common to be wearing jeans in the morning but avoiding going outside by midday!
The city itself is indeed very liveable, it's busy, but in a friendlier and less frantic way than the likes of London. It's clean, the streets are lined with trees and the tram system adds a fun element to the public transport system. The demographic is extremely multicultural, walking down the street you see just as many Asian faces as white ones and there are substantial Greek and Italian districts too offering a vast array of nice looking places to eat out. Many of the side streets of the city centre also brim with fun little coffee shops and cafés which we're hoping to check out once our funds allow.
A café filled side street |
Melbourne central shopping centre, built around an old (gun) shot factory |
Still, we've found a nice place to live in a house-share about 10 minutes walk from the central business district which is far nicer (and a bit cheaper) than being in a hostel but I believe Mat's going to post on that in a bit more detail soon so I won't go giving it all away now!
Okay, enough chat for now!
Keep us up to date with how things are there,
Leah x