Melbourne

Melbourne is a pretty cool city that seems to be quite competitive with Sydney. There are lots of little alley-ways full of cafe's and shops where you least expect it. I was able to go visit the site of the Australian Open, but not for long before it started pouring down rain on me out of nowhere. Next door is the MCG and other stadiums that were used for the Commonwealth Games that just finished up. (Those are the games that all the nations who are part of the British Commonwealth participate in, similar to the olympics).
I was able to go to an Australian Rules Football game, aka footy game. It is similar to rugby. It was pretty entertaining and exciting. After a few minutes, it was pretty easy to catch on to the rules.
The Comedy Festival is going on for the next few weeks. I have gone to three shows. They were entertaining, but nothing spectacular. They all had a lot of Australian humor which I either didn't pick up on or didn't find funny. It's still cool to see.