Day 18 – Gym, More Shopping, Big Screen.

For some reason last night it took me ages to get to sleep. I had arranged with Heather to meet up about midday so I decided that I would actually go and use the gym seeing as I have to walk past it everyday to get to my room.

After the gym I met Heather on the roof where the views are just amazing! I hadn’t been up there yet and it was bigger than I expected. It’s covered in astroturf with a hot tub and quite a few sun loungers. We left the hostel and walked down to the shopping outlet I went in yesterday. The things I wasn’t so sure about yesterday I may or may not have picked up today… I got 5 items for about £35 quid which is alright and 1 of them is a jumper and another is a light jacket which make up for the hoody I lost on day 5! We decided to stop in a little café to chill in the sun and grab a much needed refreshment.

We were still on a mission to find Heather a hat but we weren’t having much luck. We made our way down Bourke Street, which has a lot of big shops on it. After looking in a fair few, a girl suggested we tried Sportsgirl and we were in luck! It may have been slightly higher in price than she wanted but we finally find a hat! Success! We made our way back to the hostel to cook dinner. I decided to have the same as last night as I still had plenty left over.

After dinner we made our way down to Federation Square to watch the Murray V Federer match. I text Lucy, the other girl I met last night, to tell her where we were and to join us too, which she did. It was an agonising match and at the beginning of the 4^th set we made our way back to the hostel to catch the end in the warmth. Fed Square can get pretty windy and the temperature drops quite a bit in the evening. Unfortunately he lost but other than that, it had been a pretty good day!

Day 17 – Shopping & Friends.

Today I decided I wasn’t going to set an alarm and that I would wake up whenever my body wanted too. I woke up about 10.30, which isn’t too bad! After breakfast I wondered down to the tram stop to get on the free City Circle tram to Spencer Street. As I walked to the tram stop I realised I’m only a stones throw away from Victoria State Library and the shopping centre next door, it was funny to look at things and feel like I knew where I was because I recognised it from when Chrissy and I came here a few years ago.

I got off the tram and walked down Spencer Street because I knew there was an outlet mall right behind the station, what I didn’t realise was they had a Coles underneath which meant I could do clothes and food shopping at the same time! After looking in some shops and leaving some items I wasn’t sure about I found Supre! Supre is the Australian topshop/forever 21 and this being an outlet store made it so much cheaper. I spent $12 on 2 tops that I’ll probably wear as dresses and another top. That’s about £7, bargain!

Am I the only one who loves going around supermarkets in foreign countries? I just love exploring and seeing things that we don’t have and what UK food items they do have. I wanted to buy some things that would last a few days and I could mix and match if I wanted to. My main meal was going to consist of a bunch of stuff with rice mixed all together with some cream cheese as they don’t do Crème Fraiche over here. It ended up being pepper, carrot, mushroom, spinach, onion and some ham (which really wasn’t needed). It tasted delicious! 

That was after working out how to light the gas stove with the girl next to me… seriously it’s not as straightforward as it should be! We decided to sit together after we cooked and watch the tennis, quickly finding out she’s into it and also she comes from Winchester! After dinner I went back to my room and found a new girl had arrived, she had spent the whole day at the tennis so we already had something to talk about. She originally comes from Derby but went to uni in Bournemouth. So by the end of my first real day in Melbourne, I have 2 new friends, GO ME!