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111 Things Melbourne Outside

Being dragged around has never been more fun – kitesurfing in St Kilda

#9 – Swallow salt water by trying to kite surf at St Kilda beach, April 12, 2014

While Melbourne is not as blessed with natural beauties as Sydney is, it has a lot to offer in terms of culture, coffee places and life in general. Nevertheless, we have a beach and I like it. One of Harriet’s biggest complaints is, that it is not a surf beach. Fortunately, some clever person came up with an idea of surfing without waves: kitesurfing, which “… combines aspect of aspects of wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, and gymnastics into one extreme sport”. Maybe calling it an “extreme sport” is taking it too far, but judging by the number of kites that you see on a windy summer afternoon in St Kilda, it seems pretty fun. By the way, just last week I’ve been told that if you want to be part of the in-crew in tech venture funding, it’s no longer enough to wear Happy Socks (that’s so 2012), but you need to be proficient in kitesurfing.

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111 Things Arts Melbourne

Grease is the word or #80 – Watch a movie at the Astor Theatre

This post has been sitting so long as a draft that I barely dare to publish it. In the meantime we’ve even seen that particular movie again. Nevertheless, it was such a nice experience that it should be shared. So, here you go:

#80 – Go 1930s grand and watch a movie at the Astor Theatre having a choc-ice – September 20, 2013

Life leads you in unexpected ways. Few things turn out what you thought them to be and only by looking back you can connect the dots. Sometimes its best to go with the flow and see what happens. In terms of spiritual depth this blog post already punches way above its weight considering what’s about to come.

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Melbourne

Ten months in Melbourne – Coming full circle

Last Sunday Melbourne hosted its annual City2Sea run, a 14km fun run that leads from the Arts Centre through Albert Park to the finishing line in St Kilda. It was the perfect day to run. Melbourne has been quite grumpy in terms of weather in the last few weeks and “Where’s the summer” is a common conversation starter these days. But Sunday it showed itself from its most behaved side. Sunshine, temperatures in the mid to upper teens and no wind. Perfect running conditions for the ~14,000 runners. The route is very scenic and leads through the wide alley of St Kilda road, via Fitzroy Street, round Albert Park Lake, back to Fitzroy Street leading to a final lap on Beaconsfield parade.

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Melbourne

Spring is in full effect

While Sydney is battling bush fires, Melbourne is sporting it’s brightest greens.

 

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Eating Melbourne

Lunch catch up at Cookie

Lunch catch up at Cookies

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Eating Melbourne

In Melbourne steht ein Hofbräuhaus

Although the list is a major influence of our leisure time, there are pockets of fun that sidetrack the list. When compiling the list, I heavily relied on the recommendations of local Melbournians. That might be the reason why the Hofbräuhaus fell through the cracks and didn’t make the list. But rather than delving into an archeology session at this point, let’s get to the good stuff.

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Dear Melbourne

You can be so much more. So much more than the stormy days, grey and rainy as they were throughout the last few weeks. So much more than the coldness that sneaks up on you, won’t leave you for days on end and drives your heating bill into astronomical heights. Honestly, you’ve been quite a turd.

But Melbourne, you can be so beautiful, so exciting. I even dare to say, you can be adventurous. Your bright cloudless skies that sport a blue like no other. Your crisp air on a sunny winter day that is warm enough to be outside just with a sweater. Your outdoorsy culture that invites for a stroll along the beach, a sit down in a lane-way cafe or a bike ride through Albert Park. You’ve been so fabulous this weekend that I forgive you. I forgive you your grumpy misdemeanour over that last couple of weeks. We’re friends again and I’m so looking forward to spending my first spring with you. The last two days’ preview makes me look forward to spring, summer and autumn so much. Just give me a couple of days to get my bike fixed and then I’m ready.

The two of us will have so much fun together.

Your BFF,
Michael