When the cars finally made their first race pace pass of us (standing by the 2nd chicane) the sound was absolutely incredible. Something that words cannot do justice, it wasn't just a sound, you could feel the power of the cars as they passed by. We picked a good place to stand for the first lap as this was the corner Schumacher went off at, ended up passing right in front of us (at the end of the video below). As the race went on we walked further around the track to witness them taking some of the higher speed corners and to stand next to one of the straights where, inexplicably, they were louder still.
The other half of our trip to Melbourne was all about Neighbours. We had been told that the street where it is filmed is actually a normal residential street that is actually called Pin Oak Court so we decided to pass on the trip there. Instead we signed up for the Neighbours night at a pub in Melbourne.
The night consisted of quite a lot of creepy comments made by Paul Robinson and Carl Kennedy (they did have real names but I don't think they were used all night) to all of the girls in the room (males were quite an obvious minority). There was also the surprise addition of Irish Conner to the lineup, who performed a bemusing dance routine to a pop medley.
The climax of the night was Paul Robinson and the Waiting Room (the band's name makes more sense when Carl Kennedy doesn't have to leave halfway through the night) playing a load of rock covers to the crowd.
Other than these two massive events all we did was have a little bike ride along the river using some bikes from a strange vending machine style bike rental store.
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