Melbourne, OZ
Loop Completed
It took seven months but I'm back in Melbourne, having done my loop around OZ. It wasn't the plan but that's how these things go. Since I last posted, Eva and I did the Great Ocean Road. We started by driving from Port Fairy to Lorne. After passing Port Campbell, we were back into territory that I knew, as I did The Great Ocean Road last July, and Port Campbell is where I got off it and headed back to Melbourne. We got much better weather than I'd had in July. From Port Campbell to Ottway Nat. Park, we stopped off and viewed the limestones cliffs and islands that The Great Ocean Road is famous for, 12 Apostles and all that jazz.
Then we just cruised for a bit till we made it to Lorne where we met up with Sarah aka Jelly Bean from Cool Bananas (see you are on my website). She was travelling the other direction with her friend Fran, from England, so we all camped together for a night (well, not together together, jeez). The girls had a tent which they pitched just in front of the "no camping" sign. Eva and I preferred the warmth of Vacilando as it's been nippy at night. It was wonderful to see Jelly Bean again and catch up, it'd been three months since I'd seen her, I couldn't believe it was that long. I also found out, to my dismay, that Jelly Bean was a vegitarian. I hadn't realized this over Thanksgiving, where she had three types of potatoes for dinner. Oops! Jelly Bean if you read this, I'm so happy we got a chance to connect one last time here in OZ, and next Thanksgiving I promise to have a better veggy menu.
The next day we bid the girls adieu as they left not long after day break. We elected to snooze for another few hours before waking and heading back into Lorne for morning showers. That done, we made our way up to Torquay, stopping at Bell's Beach to see that fabled break. They were already getting ready for next month's surf competition. We then headed into Torquay and hired some surfboards for the afternoon. First time I've gotten to surf since Agnes, and I wasn't bad, considering. It was just fun to get into the water.
We then decided to camp on the beach rather than make for Melbourne and went to the beach in Anglesea where I'd camped last July (it was my first roadtripping campsite, ahh nostalgia). It's also where locals walk there dogs during the summer so we got to see a ton running amok in the sand. There were three Golden Retrievers so I was happy as a clam. Ironically, Eva and I both finished her book, "A Dog's Life," last night on the beach. Strange, I think, but oh well.
I lay down for an early evening nap and woke up five hours later around 11.30p. Eva'd been nice and let me rest, but by 11 she wanted blankets and sheets and needed to move me to get both. I was dog tired from surfing, I suppose.
Today, we roused and made our way up to Melbourne, and into the madness of the Commonwealth Games. There's all sorts of stuff going on here besides the athletics, looks like it'll be a fun weekend. And, I think the Melbourne Grand Prix is next week. Lord, but we picked a busy week to come into Melbourne. But Emilia is in town, as well as Gavin, Andy and Red, the Irish boys I hung out with last time in Melbourne. And Fraulein Schneider! So, it ought to be a fun couple of days, I'll let you know.
It took seven months but I'm back in Melbourne, having done my loop around OZ. It wasn't the plan but that's how these things go. Since I last posted, Eva and I did the Great Ocean Road. We started by driving from Port Fairy to Lorne. After passing Port Campbell, we were back into territory that I knew, as I did The Great Ocean Road last July, and Port Campbell is where I got off it and headed back to Melbourne. We got much better weather than I'd had in July. From Port Campbell to Ottway Nat. Park, we stopped off and viewed the limestones cliffs and islands that The Great Ocean Road is famous for, 12 Apostles and all that jazz.
Then we just cruised for a bit till we made it to Lorne where we met up with Sarah aka Jelly Bean from Cool Bananas (see you are on my website). She was travelling the other direction with her friend Fran, from England, so we all camped together for a night (well, not together together, jeez). The girls had a tent which they pitched just in front of the "no camping" sign. Eva and I preferred the warmth of Vacilando as it's been nippy at night. It was wonderful to see Jelly Bean again and catch up, it'd been three months since I'd seen her, I couldn't believe it was that long. I also found out, to my dismay, that Jelly Bean was a vegitarian. I hadn't realized this over Thanksgiving, where she had three types of potatoes for dinner. Oops! Jelly Bean if you read this, I'm so happy we got a chance to connect one last time here in OZ, and next Thanksgiving I promise to have a better veggy menu.
The next day we bid the girls adieu as they left not long after day break. We elected to snooze for another few hours before waking and heading back into Lorne for morning showers. That done, we made our way up to Torquay, stopping at Bell's Beach to see that fabled break. They were already getting ready for next month's surf competition. We then headed into Torquay and hired some surfboards for the afternoon. First time I've gotten to surf since Agnes, and I wasn't bad, considering. It was just fun to get into the water.
We then decided to camp on the beach rather than make for Melbourne and went to the beach in Anglesea where I'd camped last July (it was my first roadtripping campsite, ahh nostalgia). It's also where locals walk there dogs during the summer so we got to see a ton running amok in the sand. There were three Golden Retrievers so I was happy as a clam. Ironically, Eva and I both finished her book, "A Dog's Life," last night on the beach. Strange, I think, but oh well.
I lay down for an early evening nap and woke up five hours later around 11.30p. Eva'd been nice and let me rest, but by 11 she wanted blankets and sheets and needed to move me to get both. I was dog tired from surfing, I suppose.
Today, we roused and made our way up to Melbourne, and into the madness of the Commonwealth Games. There's all sorts of stuff going on here besides the athletics, looks like it'll be a fun weekend. And, I think the Melbourne Grand Prix is next week. Lord, but we picked a busy week to come into Melbourne. But Emilia is in town, as well as Gavin, Andy and Red, the Irish boys I hung out with last time in Melbourne. And Fraulein Schneider! So, it ought to be a fun couple of days, I'll let you know.
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