One thing most visitors fail to note before stepping into the Australian sunshine is, how hard it bites.

Please, please do yourselves a grand favour and slap on sunscreen. The sun is far stronger than it is in Europe - I know, I lived in the UK for 6 years and lay on a few European beaches amazed that I turned brown, not bright red in minutes.

So, don't be decieved into thinking you'll be okay. Getting sunburnt in Oz is not fun and it does not take long.

Enjoy my lovely city, drink lots of great coffee at the many local cafes [avoiding the few Starbucks that are struggling to convince us we need their muck] and remember, its just a GAME!!

Coffee
-Journal 253 Flinders Lane
-Pellegrini's 66 Bourke Street

Sunscreen
Available everywhere...

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If someone starts crowding your personal space when you're looking at goods in a Melbourne shop, beware. As you look nervously at them and start edging away, their partner will be unseen behind you, picking your pocket or taking your purse from your shopping bag.

Also, give the beggars in the downtown area a big swerve - one displays fake (self-inflicted) injuries to his back and has a very nasty mouth on him when you decline to contribute to his personal welfare fund.

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