Melbourne YET AGAIN

Location: Perth
Weather: Hot

Well I checked into the Flinders Station Hotel once more and saw the whole 3rd floor had been completely rennovated and actually looking surprisingly better - DVD + big screen TV's, re-felted free pool table, reception/bar area. OK, so the kitchen was exactly the same with its broken stoves and there won't be any more bin nights because da management is always around to check on any trouble now and the cold taps in the bogs still espouse hot water, but it WAS great to be back.
Maybe it's the river, maybe the perfect combination of shops, city size, maybe the people, maybe the vibe in the air, but I reckon Melbourne rocks. By the afternoon, I was in a darn good mood and I ended up hanging around for another 2 weeks. As it turend out, a surprisingly large number of my old friends were there - Colin, Troy, Luke, Damian, Geordi, Wiramu, Dorris, Pat and Niall, Heather. Also some new faces about. Didn't get up to anything too exciting, except buying a new pair of trainers - Nike trail runners - and at last a fine new Kodak digicam, but I did have a few big nights out...some of the cheapest this year, mainly due to free pint vouchers! and had a big send-off, I was leaving, so was Geordi and it was Luke's birthday, turned out to be a cool night and a big hangover the next day.

By JamesReed on 10.12.04 @ 02:41 PM GMT