The Sphinx Geelong

... over again! It did ocur to me that (a) maybe they say that to everyone and (b) if they noticed I was singing to everything, I must have really been making an exhibition of myself for them to see me... and I decided it was most likely the latter, so that was fine! John, if you're reading, thanks a million for sorting tickets and taking pics, and I will see you at the gig next year!










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... Ararat to Warrnambool. This is the beginning of the “Great Ocean Road”. We stopped at all the tourist spots to view the various natural attractions like London Bridge, The Arch, Loch Ard Gorge and The Twelve Apostles. The Twelve Apostles are individual rocky stacks standing upright abandoned to the ocean. Only 6 Apostles can be seen still standing today. London Bridge was once a double-arched rock platform linked to the mainland ...

Today I am annoyed, because I have realised that I cannot download any of my pictures from my camera, since I had naively assumed I could plug the memory card into my computer and it would read it, but it will not, and I did not bring my installation software, based on this assumption, and I don't even remember where I put the installation software ('in a box' is the usual answer...) so I will not be able to access it until Easter when I am back in Newcastle, which is really annoying ...

... felt like 3 hours later I took the photo that I wanted, in a fraction of the time :) Anyway, a few hours, a few beaches and 200km later, I arrived in Geelong. I had planned to stay in Torquay (yes there's one in oz too!) but shorty after arriving there I seemed to have left. This campsite was quite nice, I was chuffed to have my own private shower/toilet room right next to my pitch. After an Aussie pot noodle and a couple of ciders, I went to bed.

... and Gemma and their three children. They live in south-west WA and were heading over to the east coast, while we were heading in the opposite direction. We'd just finished watching the surfers and were heading back to the car when Brad called out, "Hey, do you remember us?" It's just one of those crazy things that happen in life. Fancy meeting a family at the top of Australia and then bumping into them at the bottom! We took it as a sign and swapped email and home addresses.

... really really hot. In fact, hot enough the picnic area was closed for fire danger and we seemed to be the two people crazy enough to actually stop on by! So we decided to make the most out the situation and got settled on the only bench that had shade (mind you the shade was not even from a large cactus but rather the large and very informative welcome sign), quickly gobbled down our food and gratefully chugged down our warm water in the midst of a hot wind (the kind of wind that ...

... You look out for one another as your all in the same boat and feel each others pain when things go wrong, as they always do! When you part company it is sad but would be sadder if you felt you had not given your all in your time together. Death will someday part us all from each other and it would be terrible to think that I or the person who has left me did not give it our all during our time together. We need to seize the day and offer ourselves open to whatever and ...

... side and always in all ways, I'm real. The very first thing we do when we're falling in love is hold hands. When I fall in love, he has to hold my hand, whether i'm 20 or 50 or 70, he has to hold my hand and give me simple kisses openly. And with that thought, I cant wait to fast forward my life. To retirement with star gazing and quiet enjoyment of each other's presence. I know firstly he has to come along, but just for awhile, let this romantic sadly dream. :)

... from there to the town of Geelong, and the weather got progressively better the closer we got.

We were due to spend tonight with my friends Paul & Jacqui, who I used to work with in the Tie Rack international team. I always really liked them both, and then they got together which was cool, they make a lovely couple. They got married, and moved to ...

... Ryan got done around 10, I brought him a lil snack, an egg roll with ham, and we were on our way to Williamstown, a 10 minute train ride from Yarraville. It is a really pretty beach town, a peninsula, with cafes, fish and chips and a lot of ice cream shops! The view over Melbourne is amazing from there, it is so spread out. We had a really nice stroll around the town ...