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sat 16th: tour bus picked me up at 7:30am, picked up the rest of the people, 11 in total. Stopped at a lookout over adelaide but weather was misty and drizzle so couldnt see anything. We then stopped at pink lake, which was incredible pink! Stopped at bordertown to see some white kangeroos, a liitle too far away but got a picture. Then we travelled into the grampians NP and stopped off at mckenzie falls, then over to the balconies, reed lookout both on mt victory which offered amazing views. We then spent the evening at halls gap in a hostel. On the trip there are 4 english, 1 irish, 1 canadian, 1 french, 1 dutch and 2 korean.
Sun 17: we left brambuk backpackers and went for an early morning hike to the pinnacles and the little grand canyon, again weather was misty so the view from the pinnacle was zero as we were right in the clouds. We then went back to halls gap and visited the brambuk cultural centre which gave insight to the local aborigines. Then had a long drive to the great ocean road. We stopped at the arch, london bridge, loch ard gorge and mutton bird island lookout, the 12 apostles and gibson steps and then onto port campbell where our hostel was. At sunset a couple of us went back to see the sunset over the 12 apostles but again weather was aweful. In the evening played cards with steph and desiree and stayed up chatting and drinking goon.
Mon 18:missed breakfast as I was so tired. The first stop was great otway NP and a walk to some s***ty cascades. Then we drove along the GOR with quick stops at lavers hill and apollo bay. Stopped for lunch at kennett river and saw some koalas and fed some parakeets. Drove through wye river, lorne, stopped at split point lighthouse (used in the tv program round the twist), drove through anglesea and stopped at bells beach (no surf) and at the surf city in torquay. Got into melbs at 5. caught the tram with dave and emma to st kilda. In same room as dave, satying at base. In bed at 9:30 and got woken up constantly through the night.
Tues 19th: walked around st kilda visiting the beach front, the pier, the botanical gardens, town hall and then the main streets. In the evening a few of us from the room did a pub quiz and won (with a lot of help from the security guy who new the answers), continued to drink and then we got free entry and drink into cushion nightclub. Was hammered and cant remember getting home. But it was a very good night.
wed 20th: saw the rest of the main streets of st kilda and then went over to port melbourne which was ok, then went back to st kilda and went to the library and skyped mam, in the evening the hostel had some live music so me and dave watched that and had an early night.
thurs 21st: checked out of base and caught tram to the cbd and checked into nomads melbourne. Dave decided to come with me as it was either that or change rooms with a load of irish guys. Walked around cbd with dave, then caught the free tourist tram around but we were both too tired so went back at 3 and slept till 5. in evening drank till 12, met steph and desiree and went to mcd's.
Fri 22nd: walked around the harbour area with steph and desiree. Very pretty part of the city. Sliced my big toe open again on a corner of some steps, surprisingly bled a lot. Carried on walking around the docks area and then into town. I then left the girls to go to the hospital. Doc said they couldnt do anything just had to keep it dry and covered. In the evening 4 of us went out into town. Me and dave went with these 2 girls dave was chasing. Met steph and des later in cookies. Seemed to be a pretty good night. Got in at 4.
Sat 23rd: didnt leave hostel till 12. went to the queen vic market which had a lot of stalls of clothes, souvenirs etc fruit and veg and was really big, took me a couple of hours to walk around. Then walked around town. In the evening dave didnt go out and des was with friends so me and steph went out. Ended up at cookie but was rubbish, still, didnt get in till 2.
sun 24th: checked out of nomads and moved to greenhouse. Nomads was $19pn, greenhouse $28. met steph and went on the tourist bus, felt really tired so got off. Steph went to the market and I went for some food. I then met des and her friend and spent the afternoon with them. In the evening met steph and we went to play pool in chinatown. Early night as steph had to go to the airport at 3am.
Mon 25th: walked over to the mcg, had a walk around it and then walked up throught the parks and up brunswick st where all the cafes and pubs are, then down lygon st (the italian quarter of melbs) and then over to the exhibition centre and the museum. Caught tourist bus to market and got my hair cut.....early night.
26th: went to the moving motion museum on federation square which was really interesting and well worth the visit. I then went on the lanes tour. A tour of the facinating lanes in the cbd. Some with graffitti, some with art, some with cafes etc. started off at ac/dc lane, then hosier lane and cocker alley- all known for their graffitti. Then through centre place, block arcade, block place, through the royal arcade. I then checked out the central mall. Which has an old building and smoke stack still inside the mall. Thendown hardware lane, known for its cafes. Down manchester lane and port phillip arcade. Whilst on this walk the australian rugby league team got off their bus as I was walking past, so I walked next to them for a couple of streets. I recognised a few of them from the state of origin game. Then went to library and used the internet. In the evening drank some goon and played drinking card games with the 2 german girls in my room.
27th. Caught tourist bus over to the Shrine of rememberance. Large memoriasl building for the anzac. Had a nice view of the city from the top of the building. Then walked through the botanical gardens and along the south bank of the river. Thn spent the evening on the internet uploading photos. Put my skydiving ones on and got a few emails and msgs about it. Was really good to know all those people are looking at my photos. Oh and how jealous I am making them all!! In the evening me and aurelie went to the southbank to see the fire flames. Just a 4 min fire show they have outside the casino every night. Stpped off at pj o brians on the way back and she bought me a pint.
28th: today did some shopping for mam and rachael. Ugg boots. Took a few hundred txts to figur out what boots they wanted and an hr or so later I got them. Then spent rest of afternoon sorting my stuff out and what to post. Then nipped out to get some souvenirs and then went to post office to post $60. in the evening went on a pub crawl with the hostel. Started off pretty lame but by the 2nd pub I had met loads of people, mainly girls. I then somehow managed to get hammered. Prob got carried away with all the attention I was getting off these girls. On the way back stopped at a construction site. ha.
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