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Going to Australia (OSDC)

cog on 2006-10-17T09:35:56

I have a Visa and my flight is booked.

Now it's just a matter of finding a place to stay in Melbourne and to arrange the rest of my vacations in Australia.

Advice is welcome O:-)

I'll be arriving in Melbourne December the 4th and departing on the 14th.

I'll be presenting three talks on OSDC, but more on that later :-)

Er... wrong date

cog on 2006-10-17T09:41:45

Departing from Melbourne on the 13th :-)

Great conference - great country.

Abigail on 2006-10-17T11:22:30

As part of our honeymoon, I attended the first OSDC in Melbourne. It was quite a nice conference, and I enjoyed the fact that it was more than Perl. I saw several enjoyable talks by non-Perl people.

As for things to see, we drove down from Cairns (covering a distance of about 6500 km) - but we had a month instead of 10 days.

I haven't seen much of Melbourne myself, but Jetta did the partner program of the conference (as the only partner.... I wonder whether they've done last year, or whether they'll do one this year). Besides shopping, they also went to the zoo/aquarium.

Not far from Melbourne (which is unique in this vast country, normally, everything is far away from everything else) is Phillips Island where you can watch koalas, and at dusk, penguins.

Further south is Wilsons Promontory, a national park with beautiful scenery and lots of wildlife to observe.

Of course, you could always take a plane to Queensland, and visit the Great Barrier Reef.

One of these days, I have to visit Australia again.

Re:Great conference - great country.

cog on 2006-10-17T14:52:46

Speaking of taking a plane, I considered the possibility of also visiting New Zealand but, for some strange reason, a flight from Melbourne to Wellington is more expensive than a flight from Lisbon to Melbourne (and back again, for both).

Hostel in Melbourne

reneeb on 2006-10-17T12:22:57

Hi cog,

if you want to stay in a backpackers, I would recommend the "Green House". It's a nice backpackers and it's near to the Flinders Street Station from which you have good train connections to the university. And it's next to the city center.

I stayed there at last year's OSDC and I enjoyed it!

How long do you stay in Australia?

Re:Hostel in Melbourne

cog on 2006-10-17T14:49:41

I'm arriving on a Monday and departing Thursday of the week after. Considering I'll spend 4 days in the conference, I'll have 5 days for myself there, plus the day of the departure (I don't know whether I'm leaving in the morning or in the afternoon).