After more than eleven months in Australia my time here is coming to an end. Tomorrow afternoon I’ll get on the plane to Bangkok and arrive there in the late evening. I’m pretty excited to see Asia. Excited and mildly concerned as well. I don’t have a clue about the language and ripping off tourists […]
Footy
Aussie culture is often described as evolving around three things: footy, beer and barby. As I already experienced and enjoyed beer and barby I wanted to give footy a try as well. Melbourne is the uncontested sports capital of Australia and as such the perfect place to see a live football game. With 11 of […]
Car Math
Now that the road trip has come to an end completely I want to see how much travelling with a car cost me in total. It got way more expensive than expected because of the low price I got for the car. The latter probably being caused by a bad market (for sellers) and a […]
A TV Appearance
During the last two days I got a couple of offers for the car ranging from $100 to $400. Not really convincing but would be better than nothing. This morning I got another call from a guy who works for a TV company (Southern Star) and he offered me $500 and a cab ride if […]
Art
Today I was strolling around the CBD and came across a couple of graffiti artists on Swanston St. They were spraying pictures of surreal landscapes and it was very interesting to see which techniques and tools they used to create some really impressive pictures. There is still no good news about the car. Right now […]
More time in Melbourne
So far the car market in Melbourne exceeds my worst expectations. Since Tuesday my ad on gumtree had 500 views and all I got was two replies. Over the weekend I put the price down as far as $500 but still got no offers. I don’t really know what to think about that. The high […]