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Tạm biệt Melbourne

Còn khoảng một tiếng nữa là mình sẽ ra sân bay Tullamarine, kết thúc chuyến hành trình ở Melbourne, có một quãng nghỉ ở Việt Nam trước khi bắt đầu một hành trình mới tại Anh Quốc xa xôi mà mình biết sẽ lắm chông gai.

Melbourne, nói sao nhỉ, dù rằng chính mình trong gần nửa năm qua đã luôn tìm cách rời thành phố này để đến với UK, với châu Âu xa xôi, nhưng quả thực mình cảm thấy rất buồn và ngập tràn tiếc nuối khi phải xa nơi này. Melbourne, đối với mình như một ngôi nhà thứ hai vậy, luôn có một vị trí đặc biệt trong tim mình. Đây là nơi mà mình bắt đầu cuộc sống xa nhà lần đầu tiên, là nơi của những trải nghiệm đầu tiên và có nhiều trải nghiệm trong số đó mình đã từng nghĩ vào vài năm trước rằng mình sẽ không bao giờ được trải qua. Thư hỏi mình rằng, điều gì anh thích nhất ở Melbourne. Thật khó để nói ra dễ dàng, đó là bầu trời xanh ngắt, kể cả là nhìn từ khu CBD tấp nập, mà mình chưa bao giờ được nhìn thấy. Đó là sự tử tế, mến khách và cởi mở mà mình tin rằng rất khó để tìm thấy ở bất cứ đâu. Đó là những đêm thức trắng chạy deadline để rồi 3,4 giờ sáng ngồi một mình ở vỉa hè, tay cầm cốc bia, một ít thuốc và nhìn ngắm sự vắng vẻ của thành thị lúc đang đêm, nhìn những tòa nhà cao tầng vẫn nhấp nháy đèn, một sự dễ chịu đến lạ kì. Đó là những lần đầu tiên, lần đầu tiên được thử những món ăn mới và òa lên trong ngạc nhiên và phấn khích. Lần đầu tiên xem nhạc kịch, xem giao hưởng, xem Australian Football, và xem những ban nhạc đã cấu thành một phần tâm hồn, tuổi trẻ của bản thân. Đó là những đêm tối muộn trở về nhà sau những trận đấu cờ căng thẳng nhưng đáng nhớ ở Leicester St. Và đó là những con người chân thành, yêu thương mình mà khi gần xa rồi mình mới thấy họ quan trọng đến nhường nào.

Melbourne, dù là mình đã quyết định ra đi, nhưng vẫn mong được trở lại một ngày nào đó, dù với bất kì tính chất nào. Mình chưa bao giờ hối hận và luôn cảm ơn vì đã chọn Melbourne là điểm đến đầu tiên trong hành trình khám phá thế giới của bản thân. Và mình cảm ơn Melbourne vì đã nuôi dưỡng và yêu thương bản thân mình suốt thời gian qua. Melbourne sẽ luôn là một mái nhà thứ hai, là thành phố đặc biệt quan trọng trong trái tim mình.

Cảm ơn Melbourne, tôi sẽ nhớ bạn nhiều lắm, và hẹn gặp lại.

Parkville, Melbourne 15/06/2023.

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VR GP General Practitioner – 70% Billings – DPA Replacement

Melbourne, VIC | Job ID #2042

OVERVIEW

VR GP Wanted to Join Busy Practice in Melbourne's Outer Northern Suburbs Are you a highly skilled and dedicated VR GP in search of a new opportunity? Look no further! Our tight-knit team of seasoned GPs is seeking a replacement for our outgoing DPA. Our practice, located in Melbourne's outer northern suburbs, is buzzing with patients. The demand for our services is overwhelming, and as a result, we are forced to turn away patients daily. Our current GPs are fully booked, leaving no room for new patients. We pride ourselves on maintaining a friendly and supportive teamwork environment. Joining our team means becoming a part of our close-knit group of four GPs who work collaboratively to provide exceptional care to our patients. One of the advantages of working in our practice is the opportunity to interact with a culturally diverse patient base. We believe in fostering inclusivity and practicing cultural sensitivity, offering our doctors the chance to expand their horizons and gain valuable experience in dealing with a wide variety of patient backgrounds. Conveniently located, our practice is only a 25-minute drive from Monee Ponds or approximately 35 minutes from the CBD. Commuting to our location is hassle-free, with easy access via the Tullamarine Freeway. If you are a dedicated and compassionate VR GP, ready to take on the challenge of a busy practice and join our team, we would love to hear from you. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our patients. Apply now!

ABOUT THE PRACTICE

Established clinic, acquired by corporate group, efficient support team. Collaborative team of 4 GPs in a friendly clinical setting. Onsite allied health and pathology services.

ABOUT THE ROLE

70% billings, DPA Replacement available, $150 p/hr guaranteed for 3 months. Huge patient demand – busy start for incoming GP.

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If you are returning to Melbourne from a trip abroad, the Melbourne airport parking service can help you decide where to park. You can select from several options such as paid parking (including pay as you go parking and smart meters), public transport drop off points or you can choose to park in one of their partner car parks. There are also several other parking options such as street parking and bus stops. Once your travel plans are finalised, the online Car Parks Shopping Guide will help you find the best available car park that matches your individual needs and requirements.

Busy Beaver has grown into one of Australia's leading car park providers. Their online Car Parks Shopping Guide will help you to determine which of their Partner Park locations best suits your travel plans. The Melbourne airport parking space and information resources are designed to assist you and guide you through the entire process of choosing an appropriate car park. With detailed information and photos, this convenient online tool is one of the most useful resources for travellers planning a trip to Melbourne. Whether you are travelling for business or pleasure, Busy Beaver can help you find the right car park location at an affordable price.

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Our growing big cities need new centres of employment – here’s Melbourne’s chance

Photo: Jobs are in the city centre, but population growth is in the west, resulting in long, slow commutes.

Melbourne has a serious problem. Most of its job growth is in the CBD, yet most of its population growth is at the far extremes of the city. It’s the same in other big Australian cities, like Sydney.

By Rodney Maddock – Vice Chancellor’s Fellow at Victoria University and Adjunct Professor of Economics, Monash University

Getting people to work is becoming harder. Many people take more than an hour to commute each way. They could better spend this time with their families, or at work; commuting time is wasted time.

There are three ways we might tackle this:

change the planning rules to let more people live near the centre

improve the freeways and railways so that people can commute more quickly

promote job growth away from the CBD.

We almost certainly need to do all three.

Read more: Vital signs: The RBA was right to keep interest rates on hold

The Victorian Planning Authority (VPA) has identified three places in the west of the city – Footscray, Sunshine and Werribee – where jobs should be developed. The Victorian government is on the cusp of making major decisions that could convert these potential employment hubs into actuality. There are three big development proposals before the government that could make a difference. It would be a pity if it missed these opportunities.

Change of tack is needed

At the moment the Victorian government’s main strategy is to improve the infrastructure. This is a very expensive solution.

In parallel, the Planning Authority has been working to improve population density by allowing more high-rise housing, particularly around main railway stations and tramlines. However, resistance from local residents has made it hard to increase density in the middle suburbs.

We have seen very little effort so far in Melbourne to create job opportunities within the city but away from the CBD. The planners have identified several potential employment hubs but have not figured out how to create jobs there. This has been a failure of state governments over recent decades.

The problem is most acute in the west of the city. On current growth trends, by 2030 there will be a shortage of 100,000 jobs in the west; that many extra people will have to commute out every day.

What’s on the drawing board?

At Footscray, the key decision is where to locate the new hospital. The best opportunity for future employment would be to put it next to Victoria University to exploit co-investment and synergies between the two. This would accelerate Footscray’s emergence as a professional services hub.

The payoffs in terms of jobs will be much greater than if the hospital is built well away from the centre of Footscray, which is the other main option. The decision is a test of whether the government really intends to create a polycentric city or not.

Read more: Some suburbs shortchanged on services and liveability 

At Werribee, the decision is whether to go ahead with the proposed Australian Education City. This is an ambitious proposal to develop a completely new technology city, mixing technology companies, universities, research laboratories and suitable housing. There would be significant public infrastructure needs to complement the private investment.

The big advantage for Melbourne would be that it gains a major new technology precinct. It is an important proposal for the west because the region has very few jobs in IT, computing and e-commerce.

The third big opportunity lies in the rail connection between Sunshine and the airport at Tullamarine. With Sunshine the hub for regional rail and well connected to the CBD, the proposed airport link adds a major new facility that Melbourne lacks. It would also transform Sunshine, making it an important focal point for hotels and other airport-oriented businesses.

While the state Labor government has proposed this alternative, the post-2025 start date makes it less valuable as a city-shaping investment.

Read more: Rental stress on the rise in Australia 

To maintain the quality of life of its residents, Melbourne badly needs to create new poles of employment. The west of the city has some of the fastest population growth in the nation. What is lacks is a commitment from government to growing jobs in the region and away from the CBD.

The location of the Footscray hospital, the decision on the Australian Education City, and the timing of the airport rail link are once-in-a-generation choices. Let us hope the government makes decisions that will support dispersed job growth. Failure to do so will make Melbourne a much less attractive place to live in future.

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Tour Down Under, 2017

Full disclosure - there’s not a single photo of the pro Peloton ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Day 1

Well, a series of Jetstar & God’s blunders

I’m still relatively new to cycling, I’d say in the last 6 months I feel strong, really finding my stride, or (pedal) stroke, what have you. And I have these miasmic memories of missing out on #TdU2016 - suddenly everyone was gone and I was whipping my head around rasping “Huh? Td - what?”. And then came the photos, the videos, the enormous envy welling up inside me. 

So, jumping ahead to #TdU2017, I wanted to get there desperately. Thursday night came and I went, gliding on clouds of bliss to Tullamarine, Terminal 4. Lugging that bike bag, savouring it’s weight on my shoulder, leaving deep aching marks there, and deep imbued memories on my brain.

I watched the storm on Thursday 18th of January charge it’s way across the ocean, a cavalry of wind, rain and lightning thrashing it’s mane over the city. So much so in fact that we couldn’t land. A lap of Adelaide later and we returned to Melbourne. So went The Evening of Thursday 18th of January. Spent entirely in a flying metal tube. 

Day 1 

Okay let’s try this again

A 4:30am start with 3 hours sleep, a 6:30am flight complimented by a lukewarm and floppy McDonalds muffin-type breakfast. 8:30am and I’m in Adelaide, the living room of Andy, Caz, Jake and Gen. Jake greet me heartily with a warm “huh? you’re here already?”, his underpants hanging loosely to his lean Adelaidean cyclist leggos. We embraced, he is very kind and lovely. And together we sat in a silent morning daze, on the edge of nihilism in the face of another day, but as the rays of the sun fought their way through the blinds, we shook our heads clear of their dustiness and begun our days.

Bike built (with the help of Andy’s marvellous and very useful Park Tools Work Stand), coffee had and Ebenezer Place along with Treadly Bici Shoppe looked at, I joined Adrian and his crew of mischief makers for a self styled* “recovery ride”. *self styled becomes contextually importante

Here is where the riding begins, and by God, this was no recovery. I had been had. More than less, this was in search of down for the sake of up, short and sharp, anaerobic heart rates, sweat stinging the eyes. And a whole lot of smiles, sweeping descents and laughs. Okay, the photos begin now jeez

This ride was tough, by no means am I a mountain goat on bike, nor is my bike the stiffest $15,000 hot mess an Investment Banker in team kit would put on the card for points - but I reached each crest, and pushed past them. I also learnt the value in compact chainrings and the Dean Jones 32t Cassette Workout Programme, the hard way. 

This gruelling adventure, off the back of the Thursday night storm which lashed the windows of Adelaide, my plane and soul all equally, was exactly what I set out to be a part of. Tour Envy(tm) had been avoided, innate human desire for suffering and self destruction satiated, belly grumbling for nutrition and brain yearning for naps all ticked off in a 420 birds with one stone bonanza.

Big thanks to Alex, Adrian, Cam and Finn for having me along. Glad I could keep up - or that you kept a gentle pace ;)

We managed to make it in time for a little interview with Lachy Morton, hurr’ing and durr’ing as he does, and a little viewing of Thereabouts 3, with Lachy Morton’s hurr’ing and durr’ing offset by brother Gus Morton’s sharp green eyes and we were ready to eat.

Now, there aren’t any photos of my evening: a grand feast, the likes of which have never seen before, was had in the halls of Kopi Tim, Adelaide’s finest vegan friendly Malaysian restaurant. Why no photos? This is a photo bloggo after all you dolt. Well because it was one of those times, so sublime was my company that my finger ne’er did reach for a shutter - nay it didn’t reach for much other than food and my single accompanying beer (cheers to Max who joined my lead-out attack in that regard, and made me not feel like a freak in a bunch of healthy vibrant non-drinking... people who are really wonderful. This is sprawling). And so three meals inhaled down my gullet later we bid adieu to Kopi Tim and slowly rolled through the city, branching off as the intersections came and went. 

A big thank you to Andy, Caz, Jake, Gen, Sam, Fiona, Lana, Max and Faz for making that dinner sit as a trophy in my heart. These are fantastic people with big kind hearts, full of empathy and love. Big ups. 

Day 2

Willunga Return - pro cycling is very boring (terms and conditions apply*)

Because I am a very delicate flower I’m not used to back to back days of long riding, but there was something in the air, something in the water, food, bed linen, that invigorated the spirit and granted bonuses to Strength, Intelligence, Dexterity, Constitution, Wisdom and Charisma. It was essentially the DnD v5 character sheet with a Bard and Cleric char giving squad bonuses on a 5d5 roll that always hits. Duh, it’s a buff.

Now on the vein of me being a flower - I slept in, received messages from Caz along the lines of “where are you?”, “Get up and get here”, “We’re going to leave”, “Oh what?”, “Oops yes you’re right the ride doesn’t leave until 9am”. #ProHours Caz. Anyway, she did save me from myself, and as a flower does I rolled out of bed like a sack of potatoes, rolled into kit, rolled into town, rolled into the cafe and rolled some coffee into my body, then rolled into the hills on my bike, all the fashion of a sack of potatoes. 

This was a day spent cruising, some challenging difficult climbing, some loose gravel but always followed with smiles. That’s very much what this was - a day of smiles.

It’s really just a whole lot of me sitting on Andy’s wheel. I don’t have a single regret - that booty just so fine.

This was a long’un - a series of episodic run-ins with friends from all over, as if the entirety of Melbourne’s cyclist mass had migrated west, diving head first into the summer instead of patiently waiting it’s arrival back home. 

I’m just gushing and stammering madly about how good the entire time was - and thus I’d like to continue thanking people who helped make it so pleasant, in the extreme. Lana, Max, Andy, Tim, Alex, Faz (even though she relentlessly dropped us, forgetting, surely, for the entire day that she wasn’t in fact registered to race in the Tour itself), Caz, Gen and Jake for being a thoroughly entertaining and early rising support crew. And I’d like to thank myself for just being me, you know.

Of the evening itself I can’t remember much, perhaps in a fugue state I was unable to consolidate as my cup overflowth with joy - an analogous situation reminiscent of Socrates story of the Three Sieve:

From Lyceum Philosophy, Happy and Freedom in Socrates & Callicles:

A brief description of the two myths is in order. In the first one, Socrates speaks about those uninitiated ones in Hades who carry water into a leaky jar using a leaky sieve (where the sieve is meant to be the soul). And because they leak, he likens the souls of fools to sieves (493b-c). In the second, he tells of two men, each of whom has many jars. The jars belonging to one of them are sound and full (one with honey, another with milk, etc.). It is also supposed that the sources of each of these things are scarce and so attainable only with much toil. Now the one man, having filled up his jars, doesn’t pour anything more into them and so he can relax. As for the other man, he too has the resources that can be attained, though with difficulty, but his jars are perforated and rotten. And so he’s forced to continually fill them, all day round, or else he suffers frustration and pain (493d-494a). 

And yet Socrates, there I sat, a man with a full jar - happy as Larry with yet more to pour in and spill lavishly around the outside of what I envisage as a mason jar, full of a banana soy protein milkshake. I’ll stick to that, you enjoy your hemlock, bro.

I went to bed happy once again.

*Riding 3 hours to see Sagan not pop a wheelie for 3 seconds rates poorly. Pro cycling is a good view from a couch, and even then, most of the time it’s white noise until the final 10km. So if it’s not friends, or me, I don’t super care. This is just another person’s opinion.

Day 3

Let’s hit the hills, let’s feel sore and go to to a cafe

Hey it was something of a inner-chuff, feeling familiar with Montecute road, enough to pace myself at least to the top of Corkscrew. Having been duped by The Adrian Zanado ‘I don’t know how to run a recovery ride’ recovery ride, I decided not to give Corkscrew another strong burl. This decision was compounded by a half rotten corpse that used to be Mason Hender, that I found at the top (later analysis proved a solid 15km ave [or something], and roughly 300watts ave [I think thats like 8.5watts per kg]).

And on we went, resting here and there, enjoying the calm gentle afternoon. Time to stop by a clearwater babbling brook to watch the fish lazily wave their tails against the flow of the stream felt like something we could do for hours were it not for the immediately pressing of matter of getting Cam the fuck home asap as soon as goddamn fucking possible, holy shit they’re gonna fucking leave without him, shit what they dumped his stuff outside the hotel room? What the fuck, dude we’re like 60km and 1,000m up and away from there, fuck fuck okay lets fucking bomb down the old freeway oh fuck.

After the frantic descending at 70km/ph we finally bombed our way into the CBD to be greeted with this:

Were they happy that Cam’s ride took far far longer than we had possibly anticipated? We will never know, it’s one of those meta physical matters that only death would grant us the answers to. And yet, maybe not even then - who could possibly say.

What I can say is that the meal I had at this cafe was top notch. And out the window went my Melbournian elitism as Adelaide planted itself firmly as a strong contender for Second Capital City (Maybe) after Melbourne (and definitely never Sydney). In this scenario the whole of Canberra has dishonourably retired from the political and economic world after using tax payer money to buy apartments on the Gold Coast.

So in closing...

What can I say about TdU2017 and the people of Adelaide?

My heart swells - I can say that with a keen crystal clarity. I feel much love for the event of TdU, not specifically for the event itself - as well organised as it is. Not specifically for the city of Adelaide which opens it’s arms and accepts us all, allowing us to clog it’s road arteries and veins. It’s not even specifically the love of cycling itself, no - it’s very much the people on the bikes. 

Sure, I don’t know them all, that would be outrageous. But the ones I do know are the best of people. I wrote this earlier, and to repeat myself: I’ve found in them a great kindness, openness and empathy. Immediately they’ve warmed to new people and like their city, open their arms to us. I’m glad to know I’ll see them at least once a year for (hopefully) many many years to come.

Now this isn’t to say us Melbournian’s are the pits - nah we’re pretty great too. Some of the finest were out there, and for every moment I spent with them I am thoroughly appreciative. 

So in closing: smiles, laughter, a heavy pedal, sweat dripping from the tip of my nose after a deep exhale. These small moments made a whole, and it’s a whole I’ll treasure.

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AUSTRALIA TRIP  ::  DEC 7 2016 - JAN 7 2017  ::  [Part 1]

First up - Melbourne! If you want to learn about a few awesome hidden bars, how to have your phone stolen within 48 hours of arrival and general other golden pieces of information in this fantastic, beautiful city, read on....

Late night touch-down at Tullamarine airport and a swift Skybus saw check-in at the first night’s backpackers at nearing midnight. We chucked the bags in the room, changed into clothes that didn’t smell like a locker room (try as you might, over 24 hours travelling on flights and through airports has an adverse affect on your personal hygiene) and asked the friendly guy at reception for a low-key bar that would still be open. Enter The Highlander Bar - fully recommended. Vibe for days, and a sweet collection of booze.

This lasted us one drink, and come their closing for 1am, and showing that NOTHING was learnt from the USA trip back in the summer, headed straight for the Crown Casino - taking the above picture of the Casino on the way! To be fair - It’s a great place to have a few drinks and exercise the excitement that comes with the first day of travel, drinks weren’t horrendously expensive and for a while we were $60 up! When the next hour was to be 4am, the backpackers was calling. Next up, we moved on to the much nicer Greenhouse Backpackers, bang in the centre, and so started a few days and nights of exploration. The first afternoon, an old friend of mine from the UK that now lives in Mornington (Hello Pete!) came up and checked into Greenhouse for the night too, and we hit some bars. I’ve been out here once before and Pete and I had gone around the rooftop bars in the daytime, but with night falling we hit some other lesser known spots. Total must sees:

The Croft Institute - Cocktails with Syringes, areas that look fresh out of a horror film, and a sweet vibe, this asylum get-up is found down some winding chinatown lanes. I don’t want to give it all away, just make it an essential stop!

The Rooftop Bar & Cinema - Found at 252 Swanston Street, this bar is an awesome place to sink a cold one in the sun, and a lively bar with cool views at night. Not too expensive, and when you’re heading up or down this building to the rooftop, stop off at: Cookie Bar - Awesome beers on tap, funky vibe and well - you’re already in the building so why not! Ponyfish Island - Ok, so probably better known, but still a great place to chill at day and night - Situated under one of the footbridges that cross the Yarra from Melbourne CBD to Southbank, the views of the city from here are superb, and it’s totally chic vibe is ideal whilst watching the world - and boats - coast by.

We ended up opposite Flinders Station watching a pub covers band, and chatting to anyone and everyone that came and sat at the huge table we were on. Anyway, come 2am, I realise that my UK Phone (a new Samsung Galaxy S7, which I’ve come to love using for shots when my camera isn’t around, especially as it shoots RAW) is... not on my person. I’d been tapping my pocket thinking I had it, but that was the old S5 we’d brought and put an Aussie simcard in. Crap.

Still, these things happen, and the next day I heard about a spate of pickpocket theft in that exact area. Sucks, but it’s just a “thing” at the end of the day, so un-deterred, we went to the back of St Paul’s Cathedral and chatted to the homeless chaps living on the street there, and took time to listen to what brought them there. This is partly going to be covered in a future post, as it relates to a part of a new musical project I am putting together, but for now, it led to this shot with this guy who had such a hopeful outlook on life that talking to him was such a pleasure.

My mobile phone recommendation goes thus: Travel with one phone on you. If you have more than one, keep one in your bag. It’s so easy, after being used to having to check for one phone on your person, to then on travel not be used to having two on you, and forget to check for both. Especially after a few beers. Don’t get me wrong, a spare is a good idea and in fact on this trip completely was a lifesaver, but yea - don’t be Johnny Two-Phones out in bars if your observational skills are anything like mine!

The next and following days we walked the streets of Melbourne taking in everything we could, including all of the awesome street art that adorns so many walls. So popular, and you can see why to be fair! With Christmas looming, the festive feel everywhere was addictive in the sunshine, if a little odd for a Brit that is used to cold at this time of year! Also took the trip down to St Kilda - Absolutely love SK, and the laid back way of life there. Can’t recommend it enough! I did go out at night and take some night shots and timelapse too, but that’s for another post. What I do love about this country, is that I sat on the corner opposite Flinders with my camera on a Gorillapod Tripod for a good 45 mins taking timelapse, with hundreds of people crossing the roads and walking by, and not once did i have ANY trouble from even one person. You try that in the UK...

After this, we headed out of the city to stay with family for a few nights, taking in Philip Island and Mount Dandenong (below - amazing view!) among many other beaches and sights - oh and Ramsey Street. Yes, yes, tourist location 101 i know but y’know - You have to see it when nearby! It’s like a guilty pleasure.

Anyway, with batteries recharged, the flight to Coolangatta was next on the cards..