Dags in Melbourne

Dear Internet,

Welcome to my little Neighbours infused travel blog.

My name is Fiona and I am a 30 something novice Travel Wanker from the UK who decided, as so many others have done before me, to drop everything for a year in search of inner harmony and go on my long overdue extended pilgrimage to Ramsay Street.

Initially I wasn't planning to engage in any travel blogging because there are so many other Travel Wankers that do that already but I landed in Melbourne two weeks ago and there are lots of little things that remind me of Neighbors all the time and I spend most of my time wandering around amusing myself with all of this. For example, I nearly wet myself with excitement the first time I used a top loading washing machine and I got super excited when my friend told me that there had been loads of hot air balloon crashes in the last year around the city just like in the great balloon crash of 2016 on the show.

I was a bit dismayed by the fact that there aren't nearly enough resources online for the die hard Neighbours fan who wants more out of their pilgrimage other than just standing in Pin Oak Court holding a Ramsay Street sign in front of a camera and paying $60 for the privileged. Before I arrived in Melbourne, I had an image in my mind that there would be street sellers everywhere selling knock off Neighbours merchandise on every street corner and was very disappointed when I found out that doesn't happen in real life so I'm making it my mission to hunt out the places that do offer little pockets of Neighbours related awesomeness and share this with you all as well as giving you an insight into my daggy little obsessive mind.

Here are a few photos to get you started.

This is the most Ramsay Street-esque road I've seen so far. I can just imagine a mulleted  Jason Donovan skate boarding down the street whilst the rest of the residents are smashing windows whilst playing street cricket.

The Salvation Army shops are ACTUALLY called the Salvos in real life. I really hope there is a volunteer in each shop called Ted who plays the tuba for some ambient shopping music.

If you would like to get in touch or have any suggestions as to where I should visit, please email me at dagsontour@gmail.com or find me on Twitter @fiona_mclean. Equally if you would like to see some of my non Neighbours related travel pics or have a nosy at some photos of the things I sell on Etsy (I knit and sew crazy things) then feel free to follow me on Instagram too @mcpoodleshop.