Category: Melbourne

  • Airbnb Stays Overseas

    Airbnb Stays Overseas

    I first sign up for Airbnb almost 10 years ago, when I was still traveling frequently overseas. There’s not as many Airbnb properties in the Philippines yet, so we use Airbnb as an alternative to look for good accommodations that fit our hostel budgets, but doesn’t make us feel like we’re having a hostel experience…

  • Watching Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Melbourne

    Watching Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Melbourne

    I love the Harry Potter series, and I am always looking forward to new and exciting things that author J.K. Rowling comes up with. As soon as it was announced that the 2-part play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is coming to Melbourne, I hurriedly signed up for the mailing list to be alerted…

  • From Tulla with Love

    In December 27, 2006, I made my first step in Australia at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport. A year later, I’m back in Tulla, awaiting my flight back to Manila. It’s been quite memorable, these two Australian trips. I was able to live in a different country for almost 6 months. On the first trip, I was…

  • Day 1: Melbourne to Ballarat

    I just got back from a 4-day mini-holiday in the Victorian countryside. My brother-in-law had a teaching job in Ballarat and another in Horsham so he decided to bring the whole family. This is the first post of a series about our trip to Ballarat, The Grampians and Horsham. We started out late, leaving Melbourne…

  • Hot Air Ballooning in Melbourne

    Very few things can wake me up at the ungodly hour of four in the morning. One of them is an early flight, and this is one early morning flight you don’t want to miss.

  • I met Peter Moore!

    When you travel, you try to take in as much as you can in the limited time you’d be in one place. You’ll try to visit all the attractions listed in your guidebook, dine at all the restaurants friends and acquaintances recommend and buy all the native trinkets you can find. We try to cram…

  • WordCamp Melbourne

    I seemed to have come to Melbourne at a great time – Priscilla the Musical is still on going, one of my favorite travel writer Peter Moore is launching his latest book in Australia, and the event I attended last Saturday, WordCamp Melbourne. WordCamp is a gathering of WordPress users talking about (you guessed it)…

  • Best Savers find (so far)

    Savers, is what we’d call in the Philippines as an ukay-ukay – a secondhand shop. Unlike the ukay-ukay in the Philippines, which are cramped and sometimes found in the sidewalk, Savers has a spacious interior. The clothes are grouped by type, size and color, which makes it easier to look for something that might fit…

  • Summer is definitely on its way

    It’s still technically spring here in Melbourne, but summer is starting to make its presence felt. Last week, these figures were certainly different. I think the highest maximum forecast for the week was 26C. And now, we’re looking to have a 30C weekend. Odd that a person used to living in constant 30C+ weather is…