Punthill South Yarra Grand Melbourne

... a friend .. i have called him Nuff! Why you ask??? Well my daddy could tell you hahahaha ... Its cos he is a Fairy Penguin ... Fairy Nuff! hahahahaha .. ok ... so now i am losing it !!!

Anyway where was i ??? Oh yes .. the Penguin Parade! So .. we piled into this place ... and i can honestly say .. i have never EVER felt like such a tourist as i did here .. the poor penguins!!! They come out of the sea every evening and walk to their nesting boxes ...well ...

... br>Airports have separate domestic and international terminals to aid this
convenience. I sailed with
shoes on right through the metal detector with a 1.5 liter bottle of
water right there in my hands.

When the plane was
finally ready to board, I snapped a quick pic of the Airbus A320 while
approaching it. Another agent told me to put the camera away or she was
calling the police to "serve me a significant fine or arrest me ...

... there was less time for the emotional goodbyes which tend to go alongside with travelling, what a relief. The flight to Sydney was the typical Melbourne to Sydney, up and down before you know it kinda flight. I managed to get an episode of Mad Men in on the iPhone before we landed.

... like many that it looks like every other street in Melbourne. It isn't even called Ramsay St, it is Pin Oak Ct and residents really do live there, you are not allowed to photograph whilst they are backing out of driveways or putting rubbish out, not sure why hardly going to sell it to Australia's version of Heat. They must be filming the xmas editions because they have lit up kangaroos in the gardens pulling big plasic santa sleds! From what I can gather the ...

... you pack the frying
pan, is it in your hand luggage?” Oopes. We asked at the check-in
desk, can we have frying pan in our hand luggage, there is no signs
saying we can't”... hmm the lady laughted as said it would be for
us to check it in. While we are on the subject....” You do not have
any propagn gas or anything like that do you?” no.




After we had finally checked in we hung
around a little while ...

... I went back down the Great Ocean Road this time to Warrnambool to finally see where my mate April grew up. We spent a few days going for walks by the sea and going Whale spotting (although they all hid from us and I didnt see any). It is really beautiful countryside around Warrnambool and I will have to go back in the summer and try and spot some more whales - I am determined to see a whale before I leave australia!

At the end of June the school holidays ...

... playing again but this time some of there own songs, where were actually fairly good. Unfortuantely the room was half empty on the wedsnesday night so the atmosphere was fairly flat but it was still a good night out. During my stay in Melbourne i did a day trip to Philip Island, we toured most of the island and saw some pretty coast line. in the evening we went to the famous Pengiun Parade and watched Little Pengiuns woddle from the sea across the beach up to there burrows in the hill side.

... are powered by the wind and they resemble small versions of paragliding parachutes. They skillfully negotiate the waves and the wind. The really good ones jump and turn in the air 360 degrees - looks like great fun. We enjoy a glass of delicious sparkling wine from the Yarra Valley in a nice cafe called "the Fringe". A great spot to chill out and watch the world go by.

... dawn on the 1st, and most people were still in bed when I finally got up around 5 pm (which also happens to be about when the new year was turning over back in the midwest). The only other thing I did during my last few days in Melb was to go down to the beach at St Kilda. It was a pretty small beach, and it was just packed with people who were off school and work for the holidays. Oh, and I booked a plane ticket and tour of Tasmania.

... visitor side not so much! Oh and the highlight (not so much coz i can't stand the arrogant bugger, but still worth it) Shane Warne taught us how to play cricket!! The Eureka SkyDeck This had to be a must while in the City, the sky deck is currently the tallest buiding in the southern hemisphere. As you can see from the photos you really do get some breath taking views of the city (well maybe not so much, Steve is better with the ...