Yossarian
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Toronto Marlies games are good fun if you want to see some hockey and Leafs tickets are crazy expensive
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Toronto or Melbourne?
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Toronto Marlies games are good fun if you want to see some hockey and Leafs tickets are crazy expensive
www.marlies.ca
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Thanks, sadly not playing whilst we are there, (only there for 2 full days).
ice-is-forming
I was born naked, shameless & fucking outrageous..
I haven't been to Toronto, but I'd like to.
AverageJoe
I'm in Melbourne quite regularly. It's an experience.. there's a really good club - drug scene with lots of great art, music, quirk , coffee, pubs and the comedy festival etc. It's got a great 24/7 tram system and the city is awake all night. Great food and markets, very multicultural.
The ocean is there but it's not a beach city. It's not far to the mountains, plus only something like $200 AUD return to cities in the other states. Darwin, Perth, Cairns etc..
The weather is unpredictable but for me that just adds to the enjoyment.
iona was there recently ( she may have a less biased view than me
)
AverageJoe
I'm in Melbourne quite regularly. It's an experience.. there's a really good club - drug scene with lots of great art, music, quirk , coffee, pubs and the comedy festival etc. It's got a great 24/7 tram system and the city is awake all night. Great food and markets, very multicultural.
The ocean is there but it's not a beach city. It's not far to the mountains, plus only something like $200 AUD return to cities in the other states. Darwin, Perth, Cairns etc..
The weather is unpredictable but for me that just adds to the enjoyment.
iona was there recently ( she may have a less biased view than me
)
AverageJoe
...
He's gone.
To Sydney.
To Sydney.
ice-is-forming
I was born naked, shameless & fucking outrageous..
He's gone.
To Sydney.
Sydney's okay too.. it's only a 7 hour drive away from Melbourne
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Only took me three days.Sydney's okay too.. it's only a 7 hour drive away from Melbourne
We stopped a lot.
Dog on a tucker box, Ned Kelly's Last Stand etc. etc.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Nooooo.He's gone.
To Sydney.
By law they make you have ice in whiskey. Even a single malt.
It's criminal.
spring-peeper
Well-Known Member
Toronto.
To watch the Leafs.
Just lost 3-2 at home to the Islanders.
Ottawa just beat your sorry excuse for a team 4-3.
I'm from around Ottawa, but in my heart I will also be a Montreal fan.
Monte
You can't say lavatory without saying tory.
5-3 in the end. Empty net goal with 5 secs to go.Ottawa just beat your sorry excuse for a team 4-3.
I'm from around Ottawa, but in my heart I will also be a Montreal fan.
spring-peeper
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spring-peeper
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redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
I certainly much preferred living in Victoria to Ontario.
As said up above Melbourne is not an Australian beach city (though there are some nice beaches within reach if that is your thing). It's a very cool city, loads of places to eat, chill, get coffee, two terrific art galleries, a really really great film centre (ACMI), and lots of interesting bits to explore.
It's also very easy to get around the city with the tram network (free to use in the CBD when I left).
For day trips there is Healsville animal scantily (go for a wee with a platypus), the Great Ocean Road, Sorrento. And if they are there for a year visits to Sydney are doable.
I liked Toronto, and the Niagara Falls are amazing (although the town is pretty dire), but a lot of Ontario I found pretty depressing. Other places (New York, Montreal) are close enough to visit.
As said up above Melbourne is not an Australian beach city (though there are some nice beaches within reach if that is your thing). It's a very cool city, loads of places to eat, chill, get coffee, two terrific art galleries, a really really great film centre (ACMI), and lots of interesting bits to explore.
It's also very easy to get around the city with the tram network (free to use in the CBD when I left).
For day trips there is Healsville animal scantily (go for a wee with a platypus), the Great Ocean Road, Sorrento. And if they are there for a year visits to Sydney are doable.
I liked Toronto, and the Niagara Falls are amazing (although the town is pretty dire), but a lot of Ontario I found pretty depressing. Other places (New York, Montreal) are close enough to visit.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
The ontario art gallery worth a visit, some very interesting things in there
Gromit
International Man of Misery
CN Tower.
Can I suggest how to best do this?
Find out when sunset will be for your visit.
Book the 360 restaurant now for that time'ish.
You no longer have to pay for admission to the Tower.
You get to see the view by day.
Sunset
And the view at night.
Food was very good when I went.
A visit to the Steam Whistle Brewery beforehand, as it's nearby. It's quite cool to the see the brewery below you afterwards.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
A close one, for me. I lived in Toronto for 25 years, and I spent a few weeks in and about Melbourne. To live in forever, I would probably choose Melbourne. To visit for a year? You really, really have to factor in where else you can get to. There is nothing of interest to fly to in a couple of hours from Melbourne. From Toronto, you could drive to NYC, DC, Chicago, etc. if you wanted to and they're a very brief and cheap flight.
I know that sounds backwards, but someone going somewhere for just a year is going to be far more interested in all the experiences they can pack in, whereas I'd be more concerned about the local schools.
ETA: Toronto winters aren't that bad. Global warming means that anything below -10C in the city itself is rare. And temps between -1 and -5 or so feel warmer than a London winter can because it's bone dry. It's the brutal summer heat waves I'd be more wary of. It's at the same latitude as Nice and can easily get that hot and humid. A/C when I was growing up was nice to have, but in the 2020s it's an essential.
I know that sounds backwards, but someone going somewhere for just a year is going to be far more interested in all the experiences they can pack in, whereas I'd be more concerned about the local schools.
ETA: Toronto winters aren't that bad. Global warming means that anything below -10C in the city itself is rare. And temps between -1 and -5 or so feel warmer than a London winter can because it's bone dry. It's the brutal summer heat waves I'd be more wary of. It's at the same latitude as Nice and can easily get that hot and humid. A/C when I was growing up was nice to have, but in the 2020s it's an essential.
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spring-peeper
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We use hours when talking about a long trip.
I'm 1 hour from both Montreal and Ottawa. No clue how far it is.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
I remember my high school chum had some distant relations over from Switzerland. Asked what they were planning on doing next week they said they might "drive around the Great Lakes".
After explaining that Lake Superior alone was twice the size of Switzerland...
I remember my high school chum had some distant relations over from Switzerland. Asked what they were planning on doing next week they said they might "drive around the Great Lakes".
After explaining that Lake Superior alone was twice the size of Switzerland...
Gotta love the look of the four-day train journey from Toronto to Vancouver
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
Stay at the Marriott. The sports bar on the ground floor has a set of viewing windows into the Blue Jay's stadium and it's right next to the CN Tower. I stayed there on a patient transfer from Vancouver so work payed for it!
Idris2002
Christmas Eve, you know?
How about moosefactory?
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