When you´re in Melbourne or Sydney you have to buy your Ugg Boots here if you´re a true shopper. First of all, Ugg Boots are made in Australia so you´re sure the quality is the best. Second, prices are less high because they´re not imported like in Europe or America where you´re likely to pay up to 250 or 300 euro´s a pair.

Be aware of all the fake Ugg Boots in Australia which...

One of Melbourne's nicest areas's must be beach suburb St Kilda. One of its major draw cards is the Melbourne Luna Park. You won't be able to miss it and its on the esplanade.

The big clowns mouth entrance is easy to spot. Inside there are a few nice rides but the St Kilda luna park looks more like a fun day for the little ones. Fortunately there's no entrance fee so you can easily...

One of Melbourne's best markets is the Victoria Markets. You can get good fresh fruit and vegetables here but also a lot of souvenirs to bring back home.

The best thing is you can simply hop on the free tourist shuttle to get to the Victoria Markets as the bus stop is in front of the market. You definitely won't be the only one on the free bus so if you prefer having some more space you can always use the public tram which leaves in front of the markets as well.

The Victoria Markets are famous for their fresh fruits and vegetables but do check your wallet before coming here because I ended up paying 3 dollars for just one banana. I probably looked to much like a tourist walking around with my camera..

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Melbourne has lots to offer both during the day as late at night. You'll find a lot of young people around Swanston St in the CBD. This main shopping street remains pretty much lit up at night and yellow taxi's line up to catch the first clients as tourists and locals go out for a drink.

Popular places on Swanston St are Cookie, a nice bar to have drink before heading accross the...

Little Italy is one of Melbourne's famous quarters and this is the place where you'll find lots of italian restaurants, shops and home made products. Carlton once was the place where most of the Italian immigrants settled and the restaurants and other shops are mostly kept by their children or other relatives.

Carlton also has some asian and greek influences and in one street you'll find thai, greek and italian food for you to choose from.

Nova Cinemas is located in the heart of Carlton and if you're lucky you even get to see an italian production. We hopped in at Nova Cinemas in the middle of the afternoon and were lucky enough to catch the release of Genova.

After the movie, around...

After visiting Little Italy in Carlton and checking out the bohemian boutiques in Fitroy we wanted to take a look at the Vietnamese shops in Richmond.

We took tram 112 straight from Federation Square in the heart if Melbourne. The tram leaves in front of the train station and heads in direction of Federation Square and will bring you right in the centre of Richmond.

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One of Melbourne's most artistic neighbourhoods is Fitzroy. You can easily get here by tram which stops at the beginning of Fitzroy's main street, Brunswick St. If you hop off here you can stroll along all the great boutiques and cafes and then hop on again at the end of Brunswick St.

Even if the artistic and creative style of most of the clothing shops isn't your style it still is a great neighbourhood for taking pictures. Also eateries and cafe's like San Churro Chocolates make a visit to Fitzroy completely worth the tram ride. At San Churro all your choclate desires will be answered as they serve all the great things in life under a layer of choclate! You can get a plate of choclate tapas for 18 AUD, belgian pralines or...

After a long and gorgeous Great Ocean Road trip we drove up to Geelong and straight on to Melbourne. Everybody told us that either you love Melbourne or you love Sydney but I seriously don't think that theory is valid anno 2009 because I have the biggest expectations of Sydney but O my do we LOVEEEE Melbourne!

At first we wanted to stay maybe three days in Melbourne and than visit...