Pelicans Motel San Remo

Erstmal ging es dann raus aus Melbourne, mit meinem ebenfalls nicht alten (20.000 km) Kia. Nachdem man die ganzen verrueckten Highways der Stadt dann hinter sich gelassen hatte, war das erste Ziel Phillip Island, eine Insel mit einem netten Campingplatz an einer Bucht mit romantischer Aussicht auf einige ...

Here's a bit more about what's happening while we're here and a bit more about the Island and the Hotel itself and the job and our living arrangements and things. The hotel's called Hollywood Hotel - it was the first hotel on the Island and apparently it was called Hollywood Hotel because it's the hotel Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins and Fred Astaire stayed in when they filmed 'On the beach ...

... come back on the same day, on any given day there are thousands that return to feed.   Around dusk, the first dozen or so of the penguins come ashore.  They sit in the shallows of the water, working up courage to make the trek across the beach over to the rocks and the relative safety of the brush.  They are safe in the water from predators, and blend in with the rocks, but the few meters across the tan sand are pretty dangerous because they are exposed ...

... sort, cake competitions, horse dressage etc, etc. -in the wildI've now seen my first big scarey spider, and it was in my garage! Huntsman Spiders are not particularly venomous, if they bite you it'll sting, you might swell a little, but you'll be fine (like a wasp or bee sting), however, they are bloody enormous! This one was about the size of my fist, however it scuttled away up it's web before i could find my camera. This was quite a defining moment for me - I was fully aware i was ...

... hold our heads up any more. Mark's spent the best part of the afternoon face down on the living room floor breathing deeply. Cobba and me have spent the best part of the day clutching our bellies and ...

KT: We arrived at Phillip Island on Christmas Eve and we are pleased that we chose to celebrate christmas here as there is so much to see & do. We did think initially thou that we may be celebrating with just one other couple, however, the camp site did fill up later in the day. Our camp site being just on the island near the mainland bridge & located on the beach. Steve saw his first Koala, we went to a conservation centre ...

... occupied with stuff like school and work it was up to the two of us to celebrate the day in style and rustle up a whole batch of spontaneous festivities in a random and creative way. A Cobba-Woz mix is volatile at the best of times but this magical annual get-out-of-jail-free card she was holding could only mean trouble. I'm not sure who remembers more of the night in question but I do ...

... so that all us tourists can takes pictures of them. Although it was nice and truly did make for good pictures, we all enjoyed getting away from the clicking cameras! The best part of it was the actually drive along the Great Ocean Road...a relentlessly winding road that clings to the earth's edge high above the ocean below. Really a world class drive. Day 6: Went back to Melbourne, checked into a cool little hostel, walked around, and visited ...

... loads of retired aussies going around Oz in a campervan.. and they are cool too - you can camp in the dunes, alone and remote, by the ocean and under the stars... - there are a lot of dead rabbits in the Nullarbor. For the next 1000 km or so towards the west, there are a lot of dead kangaroos, I felt very sick cause there is plenty of flesh and blood every 3 minute... sorry, but I think it's better to warn - bloody kangaroos CAN be ...

Après être restés un peu à Cape Shanck, nous décidons de partir pour Phillip Island, très connue pour ses petit pingouins. Sur place, nous nous sommes vite rendu compte que cette île faisait partie des endroits très fréquentés par les australiens en été et de ce fait, l'aspect très touristique de l'île nous a un peu déçu même si cette île ...