So Melbourne reminded me of a New York or something along those lines. We weren't really in the city much (except to go to Chinatown for dinners), but I didn't mind. Instead, we went out to Phillip Island to see rafts of little penguins waddle on to shore, and the ruggedly beautiful coastline of the Great Ocean Road.
Both places required a lot of tour bus traveling, but the tour guides were great fun, and there was plenty of cheesy music involved. Good times.
In other news, I also found out about Australian Football, which is their own crazy version of football. There is no offense and defense (like soccer), and they kick field goals at any opportune moment. However, there are four poles, and if goes through the middle, it is a touchdown, whereas on the sides, it's only 1 point. They also seem to punch and kick the ball downfield, rather than ever throwing it overhand. [This is a very primitive understanding of the game] They also call soccer, soccer! Amazing.
Best Parts of the Stay:
Finding out that "kangaroo" in aboriginal language meant "I don't know what you are talking about," which is apparently what the aboroginals told the English explorers when they inquired about the animals (don't know how accurate this is, but this is what the tour guide said)
A group of squawking parrots and lorikeets landing on us and eating bird feed out of our hands, in groups of four and five. This was much more enthralling than words can describe for some reason.
Go West, by the Pet Shop Boys. (Look it up on youtube.)
Worst Parts of the Stay:
The bug bites that started to itch like crazy, but really, a minor nuisance compared to the rest of the trip.
Quote of the Stay:
Cairns Taxi Driver: Where you guys off to?
Mom: Melbourne.
Taxi Driver: Nice.
Mom: Oh yeah, there's no ice there. But it's pretty cold huh.
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Did you take pictures of the waddling penguins? That's really what I'm interested in here.
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