{"id":41030,"date":"2016-02-05T09:39:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T23:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lastminute.co.nz\/vc\/blog\/?p=41030"},"modified":"2016-02-05T09:39:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T23:39:42","slug":"48-hours-in-melbourne-with-world-of-wanderlust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lastminute.co.nz\/vc\/blog\/48-hours-in-melbourne-with-world-of-wanderlust\/","title":{"rendered":"48 hours in Melbourne with World of Wanderlust"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>I\u2019ve always liked the idea of arriving in a city with nothing planned. No <em>hotel<\/em> booked, no fixed plan to get to myself into the city, and no idea what I\u2019ll do when I get there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.co.nz?brandcid=lastminute-nz.display.BLOG.WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK.generic&amp;utm_source=BLOG&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_content=ALL&amp;utm_campaign=WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK\">lastminute.co.nz<\/a> threw me a challenge to live life spontaneously with a whirlwind getaway to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.co.nz\/Melbourne-Hotels.d178283.Travel-Guide-Hotels?brandcid=lastminute-nz.display.BLOG.WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK.generic&amp;utm_source=BLOG&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_content=ALL&amp;utm_campaign=WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK\">Melbourne<\/a> using a good old-fashioned Magic 8 Ball, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.co.nz?brandcid=lastminute-nz.display.BLOG.WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK.generic&amp;utm_source=BLOG&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_content=ALL&amp;utm_campaign=WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK\">their site<\/a> and of course all of your recommendations to make my decision for me, I was game!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_UrdYSXFMdE\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My guidelines for the trip were pretty simple: arrive with no plans, do not go anywhere I\u2019ve been before, and have\u00a0a willingness to say yes to anything thrown my way. I could book everything and anything last minute, but nothing could be done in advance. So\u2026 how much fun could I get up to in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.co.nz\/Melbourne-Hotels.d178283.Travel-Guide-Hotels?brandcid=lastminute-nz.display.BLOG.WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK.generic&amp;utm_source=BLOG&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_content=ALL&amp;utm_campaign=WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK\">Melbourne<\/a> in 48 hours with the brief?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read the full blog here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldofwanderlust.com\/48-hours-in-melbourne\/\">World of Wanderlust &#8211; 48 hours in Melbourne<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0462962963% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BAlqK3Tsk8a\/\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ve left my heart in so many places &amp; I&#8217;ll always leave a little piece of it here in Melbourne, once my home and always my second home in Australia!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Brooke Saward (@worldwanderlust) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-01-16T05:36:38+00:00\">Jan 15, 2016 at 9:36pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>**This blog was originally posted by Brooke Saward at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldofwanderlust.com\/\">www.worldofwanderlust.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Brooke enjoyed these amazing Melbourne experiences:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Swanky Suites &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.co.nz\/Melbourne-Hotels-Adelphi-Hotel.h43731.Hotel-Information?brandcid=lastminute-nz.display.BLOG.WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK.generic&amp;utm_source=BLOG&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_content=ALL&amp;utm_campaign=WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK\">Adelphi Hotel<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rooftop Camping &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.co.nz\/Melbourne-Hotels-St-Jeromes-The-Hotel.h11954395.Hotel-Information?brandcid=lastminute-nz.display.BLOG.WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK.generic&amp;utm_source=BLOG&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_content=ALL&amp;utm_campaign=WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK\">St. Jerome&#8217;s Hotel<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fly me up up and away &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.co.nz\/things-to-do\/hot-air-ballooning-with-champagne-breakfast.a190665.activity-details?&amp;brandcid=lastminute-nz.display.BLOG.WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK.generic&amp;utm_source=BLOG&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_content=ALL&amp;utm_campaign=WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK\">Hot Air Ballooning with Champagne Breakfast<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>I wanna feel like a bird &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lastminute.co.nz\/things-to-do\/city-scenic-helicopter-tour.a190797.activity-details?&amp;brandcid=lastminute-nz.display.BLOG.WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK.generic&amp;utm_source=BLOG&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_content=ALL&amp;utm_campaign=WORLDOFWANDERLUST_BLOGLINK\">City Scenic Helicopter Ride<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve always liked the idea of arriving in a city with nothing planned. 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