Advantages: Friendly Hostel, clean and cheap Disadvantages: Can get noisy
The Melbourne International Backpackers
The Melbourne International Backpackers is in a great location for the CBD. Located on Elizabeth and Franklin Street, the nearest station is Melbourne Central just 5 mins away and Flinders Street station is only (15 mins away).
Rooms:
Hostel dorm rooms are available from 4 ? 10 bed, these are all priced the same, the winter prices are $24 a night or $143 for a week. You will need to give a refundable $20 deposit for your key card.
All rooms are bunk bed style with free linen and blankets, all rooms have a full length mirror and lockers.
Social Areas:
This hostel has a large kitchen which was part of the appeal for me, clean and tidy with enough pots and pans for everyone. You can get a cutlery box from reception; you just have to make a $20 deposit which you will receive back ...
Advantages: The Most Liveable City in the World Disadvantages: A long way away from practically everywhere else!
. Nick Cave is a Melbourne boy & played some of his earliest gigs there
FOOD: I probably never feel more homesick for Melbourne than I do when traipsing along the aisles of my local Sainsbury's, listlessly squeezing some rock-hard mango from deepest Peru, or some sad & shop-soiled pineapple of indeterminate origin. In Australia, oranges and avocadoes grow in back gardens. The old-fashioned green grocer is still a high street staple, and Australians buy their fruit and vegetables fresh. Only in Germany will you find better bakeries, and you probably won't find better fishmongers anywhere in the world. Melbourne's Queen Victoria Market is an ultimate Foodie Mecca spread over seven hectares. The fruit & vegetables are in a traditional open-air setting, whilst separate meat, fish, and deli counters are housed in the market's main building ...
Advantages: Lots to do Disadvantages: Hard to see it all
and although it pains me to say it Crown beats Sydney?s casino, Star City hands down when it comes to an all round entertainment complex.
After a long day and several too many drinks we stayed till about one before staggering back to the hotel via the 7/11 for a meat pie (I know? all class).
If you?re in Melbourne for whatever reason you must visit Crown at least once, in fact you could probably come here every night for a good few months and not do the same thing twice.
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