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Well, what a great day Tuesday was at the Melbourne Cup!!! Everyone gets dressed up and we were having breakfast in all our finery (myself, Dee and Jane) by the train station at 9am! The taxi driver who dropped us off (the train is the easiest way to get to the racecourse) had had the japanese owners of Pop Rock and Delta Blues in the cab the night before and they had told him that Delta Blues was the better horse... good job as I was taking notice as that's the horse i bet on and it won the Cup!! Woo hoo, well done me!!! OK so I only put $5 on but the money I won meant I broke even for the day!!
Drank champagne ALL day (and some vodka & Lift (like Lilt) which we'd smuggled into the racecourse along with our picnic, tee hee) and got very drunk!!! Jane and I went back to the flat for a power nap, but only woke up when Dee came back at 1am - whoops! Had a day of recovery yesterday and Dee showed us round Melbourne.
I'm now staying in the BASE hostel in St Kilda, which is a part of Melbourne - just a short tram ride away from the city... met a sweet guy called Alan who checked in at the same time and is in my room and he shared his breakfast of cereal and earl grey tea with me which was very kind. Booked to do a Great Ocean Road tour tomorrow (to see the Twelve Apostles) and then on Sunday I am going to Phillip Island for the day to look at penguins, then on Monday - I get to go on the Neighbours tour and then to a pub where all the stars go and there is a quiz... but I am GUTTED because apparrently Dr Karl in on tour with his band in EUROPE!!!!!! Very bad timing!!!
I am then going on a winery tour on Wednesday, and have one more night booked in Melbourne... I am trying to decide whether to go on a coach trip that takes 14 days up to Darwin from Adelaide (taking in the underground city, Uluru, Alice Springs and Kakadu), or if I should just fly straight up to Cairns instead, and start making my way back down to Sydney for Christmas and New Year... so many things to think about!!!!
Still having a great time, and I suppose this is the trip of a lifetime, so should make the most of it and do as much as possible?? What do you all think??!!! Any suggestions?? All welcome!!!
Love Jo xxxxxx
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