We're staying in Coburg, in the north of Melbourne, and the main road down to the city is peppered with cool bars and restaurants, notably one called 'Lentils as Anything' where you eat whatever you want and pay whatever you think it was worth - it's a great concept and the food is fantastic! There's tons of other good food around here: Lebanese, Italian, Afghan, Nepalese, Turkish, Indian, Greek, Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese... The list goes on and on and it's all right on our doorstep - now that can only be a good thing! I have yet to find a Burmese restaurant - its supposed to be a wonderful fusion of Indian and Oriental cooking :) If you know a good one... stick a comment on this blog!On the night life side of things, we've been having a ball! We've been to illegal warehouse parties and legit club nights alike, we also went to see DJ Shadow play at The Forum which, aside from a rash of technical problems and London priced tickets, was pretty cool. He's definitely a very talented guy and it was great to see some live stuff once again. Check out the video I shot - it's hardly audiophile sound quality, my little camera simply not up the bass, but you get the general idea and if you know DJ Shadow you'll recognise the classic track!
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We also went to see the Dalai Lama talk at a free event in a football stadium. 'His Holiness' was definitely a very chilled out guy and despite some fairly heavy topics he doesn't seem to take things too seriously, laughing and joking about quite a bit and the way he spoke and chuckled reminded me a lot of Yoda! It was a really interesting afternoon, and it feels quite special to have had the opportunity to see the Dalai Lama at all.
Overall, I like Melbourne a lot and we've both settled in pretty well. I don't much like the federal government out here: Their policies regarding immigration and indigenous people are blatantly discriminatory and even downright racist - they're a bunch of bloody Nazis. It's very disappointing to see that people will actually vote for such policies, in much the same way as it was disappointing to see Bush get a second term. I can only hope they get the boot in the coming elections.
Over the past few weeks I've been busy uploading loads more photos from our travels so far to my album on Zooomr, so if you haven't already had a look, then please do! They're not all great photos, but they tell a story.
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Well, it doesn't feel much like 'travelling' any more, job hunting is taking up most of my time so I probably won't blog again for a little while. I will try to keep the photos and videos coming though, and please stay in touch.
Steve x
