What I did on New Years

[eatmo]

A few of us decided to go down to Melbourne over New Years, much alchohol was consumed, and little sleep was had over the 4 nights we were there (mostly due to bad hostels).

We met up with some friendly natives, and they showed us around a little, took us for a drive out to Bells Beach, which was quite a nice place full of quite nice flies.

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[travellingred]

Which hostels? (then I know to avoid them!)

And what's the best tip for not attracting the flies whilst I'm over there?

[eatmo]

Hotel Bakpak, avoid it at all costs, it's a filthy, dirty place... I'd recommend The Nunnery, from what I've heard. Victoria Hall was the only one we stayed in that was half way decent.

Flies are inevitable, you can get insect repellents and the like, but they won't do much good if you're out on a hot day sweating like a sweaty thing. But I did find that flies were less prone to landing on me than other people, possibly due to the fact that my shirt was synthetic, and didn't allow the sweat to escape into the fly-wielding open air.

You could try getting one of these:

[travellingred]

Now I thought everyone in Australia wore one of those? Whilst playing their didgeridoo to the passing kangaroos?

Or is that just Rolf Harris...

The Bakpak was already one I'd ruled out as it got slated on Hostelworld.com. The Nunnery looks OK though - I'll have to see if they've space when I get there!

[eatmo]

It's a myth! We actually wear hats like this while playing the didge to passing roos:

[dibkins]

thos flys are sick dude. i hope you collected them in a jar to show to ang and gross her out/delight her.

[eatmo]

I certainly wanted to, but unfortunately I didn't have a jar handy :(

hey

[weathered182]

Its el
I didnt know u were bak in sydney
drop me a email if we could all meet up
weathered182@yahoo.com.au
itll b kewl
if i dont hear from you i guess its a fuck off hehe
:)
glad u doing well
el