Day 67

Mon the Biff!

On Sunday night I saw my favorite band Biffy Clyro at the Palais theatre in St Kilda, the seaside suburb of Melbourne.

 













I have to admit that I barely listen to any other music apart from that of Biffy Clyro, and although it was only a few months since I saw them last, I was incredibly excited. They did not let me down.

Despite it being an all seater venue, which took away the jumping around and mosh pits that I love about a typical Biffy gig, Simon, Ben and James put on an amazing show.

In the weeks leading up to the gig, I failed to hid my joy and told pretty much everyone I now know in Melbourne exactly what I was going to do on 7th September. Not one person had heard of the mighty Biffy Clyro.

Although it would have been great to find someone else who loved Biffy Clyro as much as I do (or more realistically had just heard one of their songs), I quite like having a different music taste to everyone else.

I have played (or rather forced people to listen) to their songs and them all seemed to like it. One why wouldn't they- its Biffy Clyro! Or two maybe they were just being polite, either way I will keep on banging on about Biffy Clyro regardless of people listening or not.

Oh yeah my parents are coming all the way from sunny Yorkshire to visit me tomorrow. That will be fun right?

Day 59

Sydney!

As mentioned in my previous post, I booked a weekend away in Sydney. It was epic. Not that the weather was up to much. On both Friday and Saturday it rained pretty much non stop. Hence there were visits to the museum of Australia and the New South Wales state library. Not exactly the main tourist attractions but interesting none the less. However despite the gloomy weather we ventured on and saw the main two spots that everyone who visits Sydney descends on. I am of course taking about the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge (below). They are both stunning piece of architecture and are worth on their own the hour or so flight from Melbourne to Sydney.



On Sunday when the weather picked up, we took the short trip outside of the city centre to the world famous Bondi Beach. We even managed to see a famous face as pop star Ronan Keating (below) jogged past us while we were chilling on the sea front. With the glorious weather on our backs we enjoyed a beautiful coastal walk to round off our weekend.



It was all in all a brilliant weekend but it also made me realise that I had made the right choice. I do prefer Melbourne over Sydney. That may be harsh on the latter considering I only had a couple of days to explore it and knew very little of the area while I now know my way around Melbourne. That being said Melbourne feels more relaxed, less 9 til 5 and more pleasant. Melbourne may not have the iconic landmarks of Sydney but I would have to say it is a nicer place to be.

I have a pretty uneventful week ahead which will consists mainly of catching up on work that I failed to do over the weekend. However on Sunday night, I will get very excited. I am seeing (for the seventh time) my favourite band Biffy Clyro (below) in St Kilda. I have to admit that I barely listen to any other music. They really are the soundtrack to my life and therefore I am barley able to control myself ahead of this weekend!