Istanbul Life: Melbourne

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Old Haunts.......St Kilda, Victoria Australia

All images were taken from Saint Kilda Beach, Melbourne Victoria, just 15 minutes from the heart of Melbourne city by tram.

St Kilda Beach, Melbourne.

St Kilda Beach, Melbourne

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Downunder, Oz

Birnur at Flinders Street Station, Melbourne

Tomfoolery, Melbourne CBD Victoria

Birnur & I kicking back in Lorne

Lorne, Victoria

Happy Birthday Çağdaş, Jan Juc - Victoria

Çağdaş: Look Mum, it's green!

(L:R) Mum, Birnur, Nic: Torquay Front Beach, Victoria

(L:R) Pap, myself, Birnur, Nic, Nan, Mum & Dad @ dinner in Torquay

Çağdaş playing bushman with kangaroo: Anglesea, Victoria

Great Ocean Road, Victoria - Australia

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Yo's Crib

I've been fortunate enough to escape car accidents in front gardens and spend some of my time working at Johann's house. Here are a few thousand words in pictures!!

Last Sunday evening, Father's Day, I was out in the front garden at a friends house in Melbourne assisting him and one other guy to clean up Andrew's yard area. We decided for a Jack Daniels and cigarette break, necessetating us all to go inside for 5 - 10 minutes.

The three of us were sitting inside chatting for about two minutes when all of a sudden we heard horriffic car skidding sounds followed by what sounded to be a 4 - 6 car pile up, in front of his house, and then silence.

We all quickly mobilised through the front door into the front garden and we were horrified by the sight that greeted us. As they say, a picture tells a thousand words, so I will let the images speak for themselves...

Formerly known as a BMW, parked on top of a tenant's car in Andrew's front gardden

I've heard of a picnic but this is ridiculous!!!

The picnic from the rear

I know where I can get a good priced BWM, let me know if you are interested

Andrew doing his bit for the community

The upside down BWM caught fire in the engine bay, we were lucky that Andrew had a fire extinguisher in the boot of his car. We put out the fire and talked to the BWM driver to keep him relaxed. He reported only a few scratches, mainly on his hands. Naturally he was also in shock.

Witnesses say that he was travelling at around 150 - 160kmh in a 60kmh zone, also the Police say that the driver is uninsured, we suspect due to alcohol or drugs in his system. This was one lucky guy to get out alive. The car that the BMW landed on is actually one of the tenants at Andrew's house. Surprisingly there was not excessive damage inflicted.

Anyway, I am in Melbourne all of 4 days and I am already appearing on the national news doing interviews. Perhaps they caught wind of my acting career in Turkey and wanted to use some famous people for the interview :)

Friday, August 31, 2007

The Jan Juc Ranch with Mum & Dad

Footage of mum and dad at the ranch in Jan Juc.

Lives Saved In Melbourne

Upon arriving to Jan Juc, some 90 km from Melbourne, the winds were as high as 120kmh. Two surfers found themselves caught on rocks early this morning so rescue helicopters, State Emergency Services, Police and the Fire Brigade came to their rescue. If you're in Australia you should watch chanel 7 news tonight, I will most likely appear for approximately 5 seconds :) Here are a couple of action snaps amidst the pandemonium...

The rescue teams watch the retrieval of the two surfers

CFA & Police rescue base

The clubbies coming to the rescue

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Friends In Australia

Jason

Andrew & Faruk

Thandi, Birnur & Alana

Lucas

Johann & Paula

Kathleen & friend

Dave (I'm too sexy for the L'oreal Fashion festival)

Friday, March 16, 2007

Terra Firma Touchdown

Istanbul is firmly under our feet after arriving last night at 5:30pm. Needless to say the trip was tiring and long but we endured the ordeal quite well. Instead of the normal route - Melbourne -> Singapore -> Dubai -> Istanbul, we totally skipped the Singapore leg. I'm not sure if the captain fell asleep with autopilot on, but it made the trip substantially shorter. Thank you Emirates!

Ahhh Australia, it was great to visit there once again - a total pleasure, particularly Melbourne, what a beautiful city. Generally she wins The Worlds Most Livable City, she certainly lived up to her reputation during our visit! Only visiting Melbourne every six months or so creates such a whirlwind visit, I only wish that we had more time there to take everything in.

During our two weeks there we experienced my sisters wedding to Pieter, my grandmothers funeral (dads mum), The Loreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, a 3 day trip to Sydney including an alcohol related illness, a short but enjoyable catch up with friends, walks on the beach, time with family - all of these moments were divided into precious moments that will keep me going here for the next six months.

Here are just a few of the hundreds of pictures recently taken in Australia...

My beautiful Nanna, Birnur and Mum