Mike and I were in Melbourne for the MCCEE on Friday, February 28th. Poor Mike got gastroenteritis the night before his exam and wrote it in horrible discomfort. As for myself, the MCCEE deserves its own blog post, which I will be writing at a later date.
During our time in Melbourne (Feb 26 – March 02), we stayed at Quest on Dorcas, serviced apartments right off St Kilda Rd by the Shrine of Remembrance. And we highly recommend!
Well equipped, lovely, and clean apartments. Quiet, comfortable, and close to the tram station with everything we needed nearby. Staff were hospitable and we were actually upgraded on arrival. We had absolutely no complaints regarding our stay, however, it would be nice to have free wifi and/or newer TVs so we could load watch own entertainment via USB. Thank you Dorcas for a great stay! We will definitely choose you again if ever in Melbourne!
Here are a few photos of our apartment:
Stayed in the first couple of nights in order to focus on studying. Right after we checked in, we walked to the nearest Coles in order to stock up on groceries and the apartment had everything we needed to make our meals. Our only suggestion would be to have better knives please, it’s hard to cut veggies and fruit with serrated knives!
The view of Eureka Skydeck 88 from our apartment
And the lovely night view of CBD
We didn’t actually go out to see Melbourne until the weekend, those posts coming up! 😀 Thank you for reading and definitely keep Dorcas in mind if you are looking for a place to stay. It is also extremely walkable to the CBD and all attractions 🙂
Melbourne has a lot of cheap eats for the student budget. You didn’t need to cook dinner so much as you can go out and enjoy the nightlife
Yea, the food in Melbourne is great and definitely fits a student budget. We forced ourselves to stay in the first few nights and eat at home because had a huge exam to study for and couldn’t afford the time to go out and enjoy ourselves at the same time 🙂 it was great once the exam was over though!
dang there are lots and lots of cafes in which you can study in