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New continent, new country, a new page of my travel and why not a new languge? I speak english quite well after months of practice but my writing on the other hand need some serious improvement and what´s the best way to do it? Write of course! So for now on I will write in English and hopefully my English teacher from high school won´t see this..

Anyway, after four months of heat, temples, trekking, beaches, good and bad accommodations, all kind of strange vehicles, some lost belongings, thousends of happy faces and a lot of rice and noodles I´m finally getting a break from it all and I enter Australia and Melbourne. After watching a few episodes of "Border Security: Australia Frontline" on TV about the custom and border control at the airports in Australia and been told storys how hard it can be to enter the country I was well prepared. I had a copy of my visa, printscreen of my bank account and my accommodation and all the arriving papers in order from the plane. I was ready for everything. But the officer at the passport control just asked about my purpose of visiting Australia (of course he knew because he could see my Working Holiday visa connected to my passport on the computer), what kind of work I will do and if I have any friends here. And thats it! Maybe its because Sweds have a good reputation over here or maybe simply because it was 11.30 pm and the guy was tired and wanted to go home and sleep. What ever it was, I´m now granted to stay up to 12 months in Australia!

From the first day walking around central Melbourne or Central Business Distrikt (CBD) I like the town. Melbourne is clean and fresh. The traffic is not overwhelming as in the big citys in Asia and there are more bikes then scooters around here and every third car is not a big pick up truck. Even though Melbourne is the second biggets city in Australia with over 4 million inhabitants the central area is quite small and you can easily walk everywhere.

 

During my first days in Melbourne I participats in a course called Responsible Service of Alcohol, RSA, a course that everyone how wants to work in restaurants and bars and serve alcohol most complet. You pay 39 AUD  and they basically teach you why you shouldn´t overserve people, the signs for intoxication and how to handle a drunk person. Nothing new for me since I´ve been working in nightclubs and bars before but still it was nice to get some information about the alcohol laws over here. 

Melbourne is known for its street art but when I took a walk around town, with a map from the tourist information, to look at some popular spots I got really disappointed. Most of it was ordinary gratffiti, which I also like but I was expecting more. Later that day I did some more research online for the street art and where to find it and the day after I found some truly amazing paintings. And the good thing is that there is still more to discover.