Travel fulfils the soul. It’s the purest form of rejuvenating our mind and the body. Recently, I was in Melbourne for a week long official tour. While work mostly kept me occupied during the day but I was free in the evenings. Being one of the most vibrant cities of the world, Melbourne has a mix bag of surprises in terms of its culture and heritage, while it has got heaps to offer in terms of entertainment. I was staying at South Bank, which is located at the Melbourne CBD. Having access to a location that lies just at a walking distance from the Crown on one side while the Flinders Street station sits on the other side, it had the perfect blend of both the old world and the new. What I loved about Melbourne is the fact that it is by far one of the most easy going places that I have visited so far. People are extremely friendly and helpful, transportation is very well planned and connected to both within the city and also with the immediate outskirts of the city. It has a range of tourist attractions to offer in terms of distance which is just a few hundred kilometres from Melbourne, the one that I could manage out of the single weekend that I had was a ‘Philip Island Day Tour, which is a must see experience, especially the ‘Penguins Parade Melbourne’ that could be watched for a nominal fee, thanks to a local tour company called ‘Move on Tours’ who are excellent for Melbourne Day Tours. I wish I had more time to see the ‘Great Ocean Road’ But as they say ‘Once is never enough when you are in Melbourne’, so until I am back again, ‘See you Mate’
Simon Sanders.