MY FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT IN AUSTRALIA!!!

I know it's been a while!
Things are kind of crazy these days, right now I just came back from the French Alpes and tomorrow I'm leaving for New-Zealand.
I'm sorry I've been away for a long while.

Anyway, today I've decided to tell you about my favorite place to eat in Australia, don't ask me why.
I just thought about it this week and I was thinking that I should write about it.

The place is called
LENTIL AS ANYTHING - FOOD WITHOUT BORDERS

I'm pretty sure I've told you about it in MELBOURNE: THE CITY TO SEE.
This place is just FANTASTIC.
They have breakfast, lunch and dinner, everything is VEGETARIAN and VEGAN, It's been 2YEARS since I've been there but I'm sure it's still AMAZING!!!
I can wait to go back there and see how it has evolved!

You can choose what you'd like to eat thanks to their buffet and enjoy a delicious meal with strangers that will turn into friends for a meal or longer!

WHAT IS LENTIL?

Share a good meal, talk to people and listen to some music with a warm and welcoming community. See how you feel about your meal then decide how much you want or can pay, and put your money in cute little boxes in the restaurant.
At Lentil As Anything they value trust, generosity, and respect, they don't care how much money you have, or if you don't have any money at all, you go there to share with others, and trust me when you feel alone, going there is the best way of making friends and say goodbye to your blues.
If you can't pay them with any money, they are more than happy to welcome you as a volunteer.

OR AS THEY SAY IT!

Their mission,

- Caring for people: Providing a wholesome and nutritious meal where money is not a concern.
- Promoting Multiculturalism: Fostering an environment of inclusion.
- Reforming Society: Acting on the structures of society to restore justice.
- Extending and spreading its Ethos and Values: Hiring volunteers, the long-term unemployed and marginalized.
- Encouraging: Young people to be active citizens and get involved in community-based initiatives.

WHERE TO?

Lentil As Anything is based in:

- MELBOURNE: Abbotsford, Thornbury and St Kilda
- SYDNEY: King Street

That's it if you want more information here is the link: Lentilasanything

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD? Tell me in the comment!

I would love to know more places like this one, I really think that there should be more places like this one everywhere in the world.

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- MELBOURNE: THE CITY TO SEE
- GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA
- BECAUSE THIS IS AUSTRALIA
- 8 PLACES YOU MUST VISIT IN QUEENSLAND AND NORTHERN TERRITORY
- WHERE TO GO IN SYDNEY

GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA!

If you're here it's probably because you're thinking about going to Australia soon or still dreaming about it! I wrote this little guide to help you plan your trip in Oz.
So, n here I'll explain what companies are the best (according to me) about airplanes, campervan, youth hostels....

Plane Tickets

EMIRATES

• Checked Baggage up to 35kg 
• Cabin Baggage 7kg (handbag + purse)
• One stop (mandatory) in Dubaï
• Meal (pretty much all the time)
• Tv, music, video games, and counting...
• They give you a pack of toothpaste, toothbrush, socks, blanket and a night mask.
• More information

ETIHAD

• Checked Baggage up to 2 baggages - 23kg each 
• Cabin Baggage 7kg (handbag + purse)
• One stop (mandatory) in Abu Dhabi
• Meal (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
• Tv, music, video games, and counting...
• They give you a pack of socks, blanket and that thing to block the light while sleeping (don't know its name in any language!)
• More information

QANTAS

• Checked Baggage up to 23kg  
• Cabin Baggage 7kg (handbag + purse)
• One stop Dubaï or London
• Meal (Breakfast, lunch, dinner)
• Tv, music, video games, and counting...
• They give you a pack of toothpaste, toothbrush, socks, blanket and a night mask.
• More information

These, of course, aren't the cheapest companies but I think that for a 24h flight or more...being comfortable and entertained is quite important!

CAMPER VANS

Since I can't really tell you much about those vans, I'm gonna just...link them below! That's if you rent a Mini Van...

• WICKED CAMPERS
• Best to have fun
• Colorful vans
• Good fit
• One of the most famous
• More information

• SPACESHIPS
• Orange Van
• One of the must appreciate companies
• Not that expensive
• Good fit
• More information

• JUCY RENTALS
• Famous Green and purple van
• Really good fit
• One of the must rented van
• More information

 HOSTELS

TROPIC DAYS

• CAIRNS
• Backpackers hotel
• BBQ every Thursday (discovery of Australian meat, Kangaroo, Crocodile, Emu, and lot of others..) you can also go to the club after the BBQ!
• two bathrooms (one really is amazing)
• plenty of rooms, although you will share your room if you're not at least three or four)
• Great people
• More information

NEWTOWN HOTEL SPACE

• SYDNEY
• Backpackers hotel 
• Inside Wesley College
• Near a park
• About 30min on foot to the City Center
• Hotel looks like Hogwarts
• Shared showers
• Nothing to eat inside the hotel
• Great atmosphere
• More information

RIVERVIEW MOTEL

• BRISBANE
• 15min of foot to the City Center
• can arrive at any time at the motel (I arrived at 1 am)
• microwave, shower...all the advantage of a motel
• not too expensive
• quite
• nice view
• More information

CAPE TRIBULATION CAMPING

• CAPE TRIBULATION
• Great spot
• Near the great Barrier Reef
• Inside the Daintree Forest
• Camping ground
• Good bar
• Good restaurant
• A rooster named Obama
• Shared showers and toilets
• THE BEST PLACE YOU'LL EVER GO!
• Even though I've been told that it moved to another place since I've been there!
• More information

FOOD

FOUR BIRDS

• DARWIN
• Breakfast spot (Can be for lunch but I never tasted it other than for breakfast)
• Homemade muffins (flavor changes every day)
• Great coffee, hot cocoa, cappuccino...basically everything you like
• Not too expensive
• places to eat outside
• In the City Center
• Not too busy 
• Just great (I had my breakfast there almost every morning while in Darwin)
• More information

LENTIL AS ANYTHING

• MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY (mostly Melbourne)
• Pay as you feel...or become a volunteer
• Vegetarian food
• Breakfast/lunch/dinner
• Eat with people you don't know (make friends)
• Take as much food as you want
• A la carte for breakfast and dinner
• Buffet for lunch
• Can be reserved
• More information

GARDENER'S LODGE CAFE

• SYDNEY (Victoria Park)
• Great view over the park
• Good food
• Amazing cocoa (tasted it, loved it), coffee (for what I've heard)
• Flavor of the Bush...as they say
• It's really good even though it's expensive 
• More information

DARWIN'S NIGHT MARKET

• DARWIN
• Only on Thursdays and Sundays
• Great food from all over the world
• Great atmosphere
• Not only about food
• Over the beach to eat while watching the sunset
• Just a must do
• More information

ZAM ZAM CAFE

• MELBOURNE
• Indian food
• Really cheap
• Good food
• Small cafe
• Lots of people
• Really fast service
• Not too many tourists
• More information

MUST DO!!

There are a few places I think are mandatory when you go to Australia, some of the most famous and others that I think are less touristic!

• Great barrier reef
• ULURU - KATA-TJUTA
• Daintree Forest
• Cape Tribulation
• Visiting Sydney on foot
• Observing the Three sister and Walking in the Blue Mountains
• Visiting Wolf Creek (if you like scary stories)
• Surfing and visiting Byron Bay 
• Walking 12km to find the Butterfly river in Gorge nature park
• Doing canoeing in Mataranka with the crocodiles
• Sleeping in the Bush (inside your protected van)
• Visiting or working (choose what you like) in the vineyard in Adelaïde
• Swimming with the Shark-Whales in Western Australia
• Going on a road trip on the Ocean Road 
• Tracking in the Grampians National Park and sleeping in the only free camping there is
• Jumping on the sand in Port-Douglas near St Mary's by the Sea
• Swinging on a liana by the sea in Cape Tribulation
• Driving along the Bruce Hgw and playing the game of question-answer they have installed along the road
• Going the night market in Darwin
• Walking through the wilderness of Fraser Island
• Observing the penguins in St Kilda Melbourne or on Philip Island
• Swimming in the Murray River near Albury
• Walking to the beach of the Sand Dune adventure (Quad biking) near Newcastle NSW
• Finding the remote Tropical forest of Yarram
• Taking crazy pictures at the Balconies at the Grampians NP
• Visiting Melbourne city
• Going to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary

Sure there is a lot more to do but I think for now it's enough, once you've done all of these come back to me and I will tell you about lots of others amazing place I've discovered during my time in Oz!!

I hope this Little guide will help you if you have more questions I've written other posts about Australia, I just thought that a guide with direct information would be more effective for those of you who just look for places to go or stuff to do without reading my entire life!! 

MY OTHER POSTS ABOUT AUSTRALIA:

• 8PLACES YOU MUST VISIT IN QUEENSLAND AND NORTHERN TERRITORY
• BECAUSE THIS IS AUSTRALIA
• WHERE TO GO IN SYDNEY
• MELBOURNE: THE CITY TO SEE
• SO NOT A GOOD DAY
• BUSY DAYS 2
• BUSY DAYS
• BRISBANE 1ST DAY
• LUNA PARK
• FEEL LIKE A NAP IN AUSTRALIA
• LOOKING FOR SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
• SYDNEY 1ST DAY

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MELBOURNE: THE CITY TO SEE!!!

Hello guys,

I had such a busy month, I had not a single minute just to sit down and write in here!

Fortunately, that awful month is about to end. And just when I needed it, my traveling days are about to start again, next week I'll be flying out to Malta, so stay around to read all about it!
for now, I have nothing planned until well next week but then until July where I'll take the Eurostar to London with dear friends of mine, but it doesn't mean that I won't take off somewhere else in the meantime! "A real adventure soul does not have to plan and push for the next adventure, because it comes upon it itself" I don't quite remember where I've read that, I just wrote it down so I could write it in here hahah.

Enough talk about me, I kind of told you in my previous post "WHERE TO GO IN SYDNEY" that I would do one on What to do in Melbourne so this is it!

Melbourne is an amazing city, full of stuff to do, things to see, friends to make... When I was there at first I felt bad, it was a great city, too big for a small girl like me, still, I put my fears on hold and went exploring that famous place, and discovered that there was a lot to see!
Fashion, Sport, Food, drinks and parties...(I won't write them all) enough to say that you have a lot to do in here not to get bored or feeling alone, and yet I haven't done everything!

first of all, if you're a backpacker like I was, go eat there!

LENTIL AS ANYTHING

Go to one of their restaurants for breakfast, lunch or dinner at Abbotsford convent and in St Kilda, choose what you’d like to eat thanks to their buffet and enjoy a delicious meal, talk to people and listen to some music in a warm community space. See how you feel about your meal then decide how much you want or can pay, and put your money and cute little boxes in the restaurant.
At the Lentils they value trust, generosity, and respect, they don't care how much money you have, or if you don't have any money at all? you go there to share with others, and trust me when you feel alone, going there is the best way of making friends and to say goodbye to your blues. If you can't pay them with any money, they are more than happy to welcome you to help them at the Lentil.

EXPLORE THE ART CITY

When you visit Melbourne the first thing you learn about it is that it is one of the world's great street art capitals, you can see paintings everywhere in the city.Here are a few street art locations:

• Hosier and Rutledge Lane, opposite Federation Square
• Caledonian Lane, off Little Bourke Street
• Union Lane, off Bourke Street Mall
• Rear of 280 Queen Street in Finlay Avenue
• 21 Degraves Street
• Cnr Flinders Lane and Cocker Alley 
• 122 Palmerston Street, Carlton
• Centre Place, between Collins Street and Flinders Lane

ST KILDA

( Sorry mates don't have many photos of St Kilda)

Just because St Kilda is a place of itself, and what an incredible place, Kitesurf spot, other sports spot and most of all, you can observe the penguin on the beach. Close to the city St Kilda, it's also restaurants, cafe, music... a place full of life! You can't go to Melbourne and not go to St Kilda Suburb, it was really one of my favorites!

I did not stay long, but there's plenty of things to do that I didn't, like go on a sky adventure in a Hot Air Balloon with "Global Ballooning Australia", the "Royal botanic garden" I did the one in Sydney though, the Luna Park still did the one in Sydney, and my favourite advice... I know I repeat myself but GET LOST!!! explore the City, on foot, on bikes, by tram...forget your car, your van, it's impossible to park and it's expensive, don't even think of not paying, you'll have a fine before leaving your car.

So these are my advise if you go to Melbourne, one thing you can be absolutely certain of, is that you'll make friends in the blink of an eye, you met someone and that someone tells you to come over tonight they have a party with many friends and BAM ! you have some more friends..of course I am not telling you to just follow any stranger that tells you to come alone over its place but trusting people from time to time is a good thing. Not everyone is Dangerous in this world, most of the people are amazing! I still have a few friends in Australia some I haven't seen in Four years and still we speak to each other, dreaming about the day we'll finally see (because yes I have not seen everybody last year) but these are the kind of friends you can make, people you won't see for a long time and yet still be close over the years.

What do you think about what I said, do you have long distance close friends too?

Hope you enjoyed the post, promise I'll try not to wait a month between post anymore, even in busy times! see you next time for my post about Malta!

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WHERE TO GO IN SYDNEY !!!

I've done a post on Where to go in Queensland and Northern Territory but there's also Sydney and Melbourne (I will write another post for Melbourne) that I've visited while in Australia.
I thought about it because there's plenty of people on my Facebook page who are going to Australia these days and they always asks about Sydney, what they can do? where they can go?...well I've decided to write about the places I've been, and the things I've visited!!

First my transcendent hotel:

WESLEY COLLEGE, NEWTOWN HOTEL SPACE

Near the city center of the Opera side of the bridge, the Newton Space Hotel, is amazing, you want to live your stay in a college, like you're a student in that beautiful place, well that how you feel, first of all, you feel like you've just been accepted to Hogwarts, then you enter and see that to check in you have to go in some sort of director's office (yeah that's kind of fun to me) and that your room, is a student room, problem you don't have anything to cook and you actually aren't supposed to eat inside your room, you have shared bathrooms...told you, you live like a college student, to me it was amazing times...

Where to eat:

GARDENER'S LODGE CAFE

It's quite expensive but a real pleasure for your palate! With a big breakfast for $20, you don't eat over there every morning, but if you want to change from the Mc Morning or the cereals you do eat every morning, go there even if it's a one-time thing! 

Nestled inside Camperdown's Vitoria Park, near the University of Sydney as well, it is peaceful and you can enjoy a great time and breakfast, or lunch, the choice is yours....

What to visit:

THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

I am not going to lie to you, I've been a real tourist, I've visited what thousands of thousands of people had visited before me, but The OPERA is one of the major reason for visiting Sydney, but not the only one obviously!

It is even better in real life, I was so excited when I finally saw it, touch it even because I couldn't believe I was there...I don't have to tell you because you probably know it by now...I have a fascination for Australia, I've been there twice and I will go again, so ... Opera House it is not the last time we saw each other...and it should be the same for you...go, fall in love and never go back!

THE ROYAL GARDEN

Because you aren't lazy and you've done all the way to the Opera House on foot, you need to rest, there's no better place than the Royal Garden, everybody is there, but there's so much space that you can easily spread your stuff on hundreds of meters no one would notice! enjoy the company of birds you've never seen before in your life and a well-preserved vegetation!

THE LUNA PARK

All I have to say is that, I've visited it, it was fun, it was nice...but I was sick as hell!!! I could barely walk straight because I felt so bad during that day, the only thing I wanted was to go back to our student room so I could lie down and sleep all day...that happen sometimes after flying during 22hours and being jet lagged and other stuff that explains why you're sick the first few days...It was hard but I lived and enjoy myself later. So my advice, go there, have fun, take pictures, take selfies and then go on a merry-go-round...if you're not too sick!

THE SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE

Climb on it, walk on it, dance on it and go through it, there's no specific way to walk on a bridge, but you'll never regret to go on this one...one amazing Vue of Sydney (really good to take pictures) there's a bit of a wait to climb on the bridge...but come on you have to do it...even if it is not the last time you're in Sydney...you never know...life is too short not to climb on bridges!

GET LOST IN SYDNEY

 (Next to Wesley College)

 (Camperdown's Sydney)

 (Sydney's Harbour)

 (Hyde Park)

 (Amazing Weird Bird)

 (Sydney Marina)

 (Sydney Marina)

 (artistic roundabout, next to Harbour Bridge)

I've told you already, the best way to visit a place, a city, a country is to get lost...choose a street and start over there, then wander, stroll, do it your own way...there is so much to see when you take your time, plus you live under the sun, do you know Something better than the sun to make you feel free and irrevocably better, I always feel better and happy when it  is warm and sunny out there...especially if I am abroad!

I could not give you a better advice than this one...according to me, it is the best!

I've been in Sydney for only a short period of time, but it is already part of my favorite cities on this Earth.

Do you agree? What do you think of Sydney?

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