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March 2011

The Australian alcohol culture conundrum

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March 31, 2011
When a gaggle of Australian backpackers tumbled into a European hostel, I knew they were in for a loud and drunken evening. Young Australians love to travel—and history and culture aren’t often at the top of their to-do list. Attractive young Aussies...
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Postcard from downtown Sydney

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March 30, 2011
While Sydney is synonymous with surfers and sunshine, it's also the thriving business capital of Australia. The Central Business District (commonly known as the CBD) is nestled right in the heart of Sydney: next to The Rocks and Chinatown, a few...
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Welcome to Melbourne: a review of The Greenhouse

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March 28, 2011
The Greenhouse is widely renowned as one of the best hostels in Melbourne--and it lives up to its reputation. I read about The Greenhouse in Lonely Planet and was also recommended by a friend who stayed there for a few months while working in...
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Share the St Kilda view

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March 26, 2011
Every day that I look out my window, I feel a little surge of glee. From my bed, I can spot palm trees, a roller coaster and the Port Phillip Bay (although I prefer to just think of it as the ocean). It feels like all my childhood dreams come...
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#10: Why I didn’t lie out at Bondi Beach

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March 24, 2011
As soon as I decided to go to Sydney, I started daydreaming about long, sun-drenched days at Bondi Beach--so much so that I included it in my Australia bucket list. Bondi Beach is synonymous with Sydney beach culture: I didn’t even realize...
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Christine Amorose Merrill

C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.

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