St Kilda

Saturday November 24th

It's election day in Australia, which means the aussies must cast their vote or face a nasty fine, voting being a compulsory requirement for all Australian citizens.

But not us. We're residents, not citizens, and temporary residents at that, which means we can pay all the right taxes and claim none of the benefits, not even the child benefit or the nursery vouchers that everyone else can claim. It irks me to be honest, that we pay our taxes here and they won't even let us claim child benefit, seems a bit of a cheek really. It irks me even more that I've queued up three times at the benefit agency to be told this, but you live and learn.

Anyway, this morning we headed out to Melbourne's beach suburb, St Kilda. St Kilda is famous for a number of things, including the number 96 St Kilda Beach Tram, the fairground at Luna Park, and all the Eastern European cake shops on Acland Street.

So where do you reckon we began?