Hostel hunt
Trip Start
Oct 22, 2007
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Trip End
Mar 01, 2008
we have to get operation flog maz back on track today (think this is plan c now) so we head back to melbourne. just as we are leaving the bendigo park we come across a real beaut of a p.o.t.d - SPRUCE - whats so great about that you may ask- well, the owners were so proud of their vanity plate because, the lady explained, that was their name- struth, weve met the real bruce and sheila spruce at long last! the camera wasnt ready so you will just have to take our word for it. its cold today- only 23 degrees and the rain looms over melbourne again. after checking into our latest cabin at melbourne central big 4 (nice pool - hope the weather warms up a bit) we brave the drive into the city to find some backpacker hostels to leave for sale signs in. its now our best hope for finding a buyer, apart from a newspaper ad, so we give it a go. we find out that there isnt a car market like there was in sydney (thank god) but we do find an empty backpacker van garage- they have relocated to another part of town so we go in search of this location. the owner isnt interested in buying maz from us (we didnt want to leave her there either- the knackers yard was next door) but he did give us some useful info. cheers mate. this is going to be harder than we thought! later, back at base we get a promising phone call and we arrange a rendezvous for tomorrow in the city....
