AT#261 - Travel to Melbourne, Australia

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2011

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Andy Dye about his adopted hometown of Melbourne Australia. Andy grew up in England but fell in love with Melbourne. Sure the weather was better but Andy also discovered a city with street art, vibrant cafes, culture and sport. Melbourne is the home of Australian Rules Foolball which was apparently invented by people who thought that rugby was too tame. Andy talks about wandering around the Central Business District (CBD) and discovering out of the way cafes. Melbourne has museums (like the Melbourne Museum, the Australia Center for the Moving Image), galleries (like the National Gallery of Victoria) and an aquarium. Melbourne is a multi-cultural city and no places show it off better than the Queen Victoria Market or Sydney Road Brunswick. He also talks about side trips such as going to see the penguins at Phillip Island. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I got my bags packed on a roll.
0:03.2	I'm heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good in my passport photo.
0:10.3	The amateur traveler episode 261.
0:13.0	Today the Amateur Traveler talks about cafes and cricket and Australian rules football as we go to Melbourne, Australia. I got to sit in one more cafe.
0:25.0	I know that I should be heading home,
0:29.0	but maybe not, maybe not to the day.
0:32.0	Welcome to the Amateur Traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Before we get
0:36.1	into this week's interview, I do have some news stories for you. It has been a
0:40.9	crazy travel week.
0:42.6	As you know, it was a busy holiday season and
0:45.3	Snowmageddon hit the East Coast,
0:47.2	stranding people all over the country in airports.
0:50.4	We learned several things.
0:52.1	We learned that that law against sitting in the airplane on the tarmac does not apparently apply to international flights as four airplanes were required to wait nine hours on the tarmac at JFK waiting for someone to show up from
1:06.2	customs. We learned that some people are unhappy about the airport security procedures
1:12.0	because one man stripped to his shorts in Virginia Airport and had scrawled on his chest
1:19.0	references to the Constitution's Fourth Amendment protections
1:22.0	against unreasonable search and seizure.
1:25.9	We learned you may not be able to bring a frozen turkey with you on a plane, at least
1:30.4	a officers in Wales, stopped one passenger from sneaking a frozen turkey in his carry-on
1:35.9	luggage a 10-pound bird as he was trying to travel to Turkey and did not know if they would have
1:40.0	Turkey in Turkey. We also learned that if you're too tall, Spirit Airlines may make you stand.
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