She purrs
We've had a quiet week this week, trying to save money to help towards the cost of repairing the car, which is a bit of a bugger but unfortunately a necessity. It began with the Grand Prix. We arrived at the circuit nice and early, not least because nobody had told us that the clocks had gone back so we should have had an extra hour in bed. We didn't suffer too much though and got to have a look round the classic car paddock before it got too busy.
During the day, we walked around the Albert Park circuit which is set around a nice lake and park. So in one direction you have the lake, a fountain, swans, flowers and grass, then you turn your head and see a field of V8 Supercars thundering past. Superb.
The F1 race was pretty entertaining from our point of view, lots of action and stuff blowing up - not that we managed to see much of that. And if you're wondering, yes Charlotte enjoyed the day too.
After the race was over, we stuck around for a while and managed to see Fernando Alonso come out of the pits to do some photo ops with his team and then left the circuit to find a bar. We got chatting to a couple of drunken Aussies and one of them gave us his number in case we needed somewhere to stay on the other side of Melbourne. That just seems to be how the Aussies are, even when sober.
He did fancy Charlotte though so perhaps it wasn't all just good will...
We organised a bit of work during the week but it fell through at the last minute, so instead of earning money we went to the Aquarium to spend some. It was good, with a superb walkway under a big pool crammed full of sharks and stingrays and then loads of other fish that somehow avoid being eaten by them.
Our hostel this week isn't at the top of the list so far. To put it one way, we're looking forward to sleeping in the van tomorrow night. We're sharing a dorm with a Canadian lad who's pleasant enough, and what we think is a French-Canadian girl who won't even say hello and spends almost the entire day sleeping. Tonight is our last night there so we managed to survive the whole week.
We got the train back to Colac this afternoon to pick the car up and had a trouble-free drive back to Hoppers Crossing where we've popped in on Jason to use all his electricty and Internet connection.
Tomorrow we follow him and his family to Halls Gap in the Grampians national park for the weekend and we can't wait. It's going to be cold but fun and we should see plenty of wildlife. Hopefully none of it will sting, bite, kill or eat us.
Shedloads of photos to upload now!
Kev saw this, and thought of Stoke:
(incidentally, when we pulled over the take this photo another nice Aussie stopped us and asked if we were OK. They're so nice they even stop for nutcases!)
Lorne, and dinner with some Cockatoo's:
Jesse, Charlotte and Michaela:
Great Ocean Road - This sign made Kev miss his car (we didn't get the photo of the one that said wiggly roads for 60km):
No, we didn't try to fix the car with suntan lotion:
Not a pleasant sight:
Also not a pleasant sight - a Daihatsu Sirian - but we finished the Great Ocean Road in it and it was quite good fun:
The Otway Fly - a network of walkways up in the trees:
The 12 Apostles at sunset. One of those things you really should do:
Kev reunites with his brothers, Ste and David aka Gog and Magog:
Charlotte at Flagstaff Hill, the recreated 19th Century maritime village:
Our first Koala up close in the wild:
At Tower Hill wildlife reserve on the edge of an old volcano crater:
Albert Park Grand Prix post-race track invasion!
Federation Square in Melbourne where a giant ear chases people around:
Duuh-duh, duuh-duh, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun (Melbourne Aquarium):
The outside of the hostel. Mmmmmm, appealing:
During the day, we walked around the Albert Park circuit which is set around a nice lake and park. So in one direction you have the lake, a fountain, swans, flowers and grass, then you turn your head and see a field of V8 Supercars thundering past. Superb.
The F1 race was pretty entertaining from our point of view, lots of action and stuff blowing up - not that we managed to see much of that. And if you're wondering, yes Charlotte enjoyed the day too.
After the race was over, we stuck around for a while and managed to see Fernando Alonso come out of the pits to do some photo ops with his team and then left the circuit to find a bar. We got chatting to a couple of drunken Aussies and one of them gave us his number in case we needed somewhere to stay on the other side of Melbourne. That just seems to be how the Aussies are, even when sober.
He did fancy Charlotte though so perhaps it wasn't all just good will...
We organised a bit of work during the week but it fell through at the last minute, so instead of earning money we went to the Aquarium to spend some. It was good, with a superb walkway under a big pool crammed full of sharks and stingrays and then loads of other fish that somehow avoid being eaten by them.
Our hostel this week isn't at the top of the list so far. To put it one way, we're looking forward to sleeping in the van tomorrow night. We're sharing a dorm with a Canadian lad who's pleasant enough, and what we think is a French-Canadian girl who won't even say hello and spends almost the entire day sleeping. Tonight is our last night there so we managed to survive the whole week.
We got the train back to Colac this afternoon to pick the car up and had a trouble-free drive back to Hoppers Crossing where we've popped in on Jason to use all his electricty and Internet connection.
Tomorrow we follow him and his family to Halls Gap in the Grampians national park for the weekend and we can't wait. It's going to be cold but fun and we should see plenty of wildlife. Hopefully none of it will sting, bite, kill or eat us.
Shedloads of photos to upload now!
Kev saw this, and thought of Stoke:
(incidentally, when we pulled over the take this photo another nice Aussie stopped us and asked if we were OK. They're so nice they even stop for nutcases!)
Lorne, and dinner with some Cockatoo's:
Jesse, Charlotte and Michaela:
Great Ocean Road - This sign made Kev miss his car (we didn't get the photo of the one that said wiggly roads for 60km):
No, we didn't try to fix the car with suntan lotion:
Not a pleasant sight:
Also not a pleasant sight - a Daihatsu Sirian - but we finished the Great Ocean Road in it and it was quite good fun:
The Otway Fly - a network of walkways up in the trees:
The 12 Apostles at sunset. One of those things you really should do:
Kev reunites with his brothers, Ste and David aka Gog and Magog:
Charlotte at Flagstaff Hill, the recreated 19th Century maritime village:
Our first Koala up close in the wild:
At Tower Hill wildlife reserve on the edge of an old volcano crater:
Albert Park Grand Prix post-race track invasion!
Federation Square in Melbourne where a giant ear chases people around:
Duuh-duh, duuh-duh, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun (Melbourne Aquarium):
The outside of the hostel. Mmmmmm, appealing:
posted by Kev & Charlotte at
3:02 AM
1 Comments:
Bloody hell, that van has had more problems than the haz car!. The problem is you haven't got dan to tinker the air filter at every gioven oppurtunity. Maybe you should ship him out.
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