Festivals Galore in Melbourne

Since I have been back to Melbourne I've moved into a new place in Canterbury and have continued working at different schools throughout Melbourne. One of my favorite things about Melbourne is that there is always something going on. Melbourne is known for having so many great festivals.

The first festival I attended after getting back from the west coast was St. Kilda Festival. St. Kilda Festival is where the whole suburb of St. Kilda shuts down the roads and have venders all around selling all sorts of stuff, there are carnival rides and tons of live music. I went to the Sunday session which is meant to be the best day to go. Shayna, Lauren and I walked around, looked at all there was to offer, got some drinks and fatty foods and finally watched some amazing live music. The stage of course is right in front of the ocean. So as you are watching the band, you hear and see the waves crashing. It was so beautiful at sunset! All in all a pretty cool festival.

The next festival that was going on in Melbourne was the Food and Wine festival. This is where they had events and deals throughout the city for food and wine. The girls and I decided we would embark on the deal where you got to try one of the most prestigious restaurants in Melbourne for a budget price. We went to one of Gordon Ramsey's restaurants. It was situated in the Crown Casnio and we got a 3 course meal in very small portions but it was nice and fun. The restaurant was beautiful and it was cool being in a fancier restaurant. The meal came with a glass of wine and a delicious coffee at the end. I must say the food was fabulous even though it didn't fill me up.

Antoher well known festival that Melbourne puts on is called the Moomba Festival. It is like a carnival in the dead center of the city. They take the whole Yarra River and put rides on one side and games and food on another. Then the river is used for professional water sport competitions. I met up with Liam, Gezza, Michael, Adian and some more people before rolling up to the festival. First I went on this big scary ride, that takes you up in the air and then drops, while spinning you upside down. It was scary as but really fun.

I then met up with Lauren and Shayna. We all watched the water sports and were in awe of what these guys could do. Afterwards I walked around and got some yummy fried donuts. The finale was the amazing fireworks show above the yarra river in downtown Melbourne. They were beautiful and nice end to a great day.

Since then the Comedy Festival has been going on in Melbourne. I love this one because for a whole month there are comedy shows going on everywhere from anywhere to $0 to loads more to see these professional and funny as comedians. Shayna, Lauren and I went to see a show on cheap arse Tuesday in a bar downtown. The guy was pretty good and we had a good time. The next show I saw was kinda an accident. I was showing my friend Nils and his best friend Nils around Melbourne because they had come to stay with me for a few days. We went to Federation Square and there was a free comedy show going on. This guy was something. He was juggling swords and had a huge unicycle. Part of his act was to be really good but then mess up a bit for jokes. He kept throwing confetti up in the air for his own tricks. He was quite a site that is for sure. While we were standing there watching, he starts getting people from the audience. He needed a few people to hold his unicycle before he jumped on it. He was making jokes all throughout and then made an American joke. He asked if anyone was American. Not knowing I would be the only one I wooped and hollared. He then asked me to come on stage, asked my name and told me I was in charge of the knifes. I tell you the knives were real and big. He finally got to the part where he climbed onto the unicycle and was riding around. He asked me to hold the knives one at a time above me head for him to get as he rode past me. He did this for the first two knives but for the 3rd one he wanted me to throw it to him. Let me clear something up, he was on a 10ft unicycle. Pretty high up and I was scared to death to throw the knife up to him. The first try I just kind of lopped it up there and there was no way he could of gotten it. He then said quickly go get the knife before anyone notices. He told the ok lets cheer Amanda on and had everyone saying my name. I then throw it up and he caught it! I was so relieved and was finally able to get off the stage. It was really fun though! Now that I know a little bit more about the really good Australian comedians I decided to go see Carl Barron's festival show. He was so hillarious!