We wake to the sound of birds cheeping outside our window and on the balcony. My friend has left some seeds outside to attract them and it worked. As we step outside we are greeted by a variety of birds including some grey-green ones that jump around. The morning sun is golden over the ocean…
We started the day with the simple luxury of feeding the local birds on the deck of our cabin at the Kennett River Holiday Park. We’d bought some seeds from the park shop the previous afternoon and weren’t disappointed by the turnout. It started with the ducks who came looking for a free feed. Soon…
With only four days available, my friend and I hired a car to check out the iconinc Great Ocean Road. I’ve ridden it twice before on a motorbike but both times I was in a hurry and saw nothing but the quick photo highlights. So this time we booked two nights accommodation along the road…
After a week at home I returned to Melbourne on a late night flight with a friend. We arrived at our hostel around 1am on Saturday night (or Sunday morning, depending how you look at it) and quickly called it a night. The trip had been booked before my flight home had been arranged and…
After another day spent working on my ethics in education university paper, I was happy to stretch my legs and check out more of what Melbourne has to offer. I wander almost aimlessly in what I believe might be the direction of the Yarra River. I make this deduction from the lie of the land…
After a long day sitting behind my laptop in the hostel common room I need to get out. The hostel has advertised free entry to a nearby comedy club, The Comics Lounge so I decide to check it out. I’ve never been to stand up comedy before so I can chalk this up to another…
It’s Sunday morning and the sun is shining. There are two beautiful churches across the road from the hostel I am staying at and yesterday I saw some impressive church spires poking up in the distance when I was in Melbourne. So this morning I use the internet to locate some churches of various denominations…
The Queen Victoria Markets are a Melbourne institution. I almost always end up there when I travel to Melbourne. I am drawn there not by the prospect of buying anything interesting because heaven knows they only sell an array of stuff that I don’t need: footy jerseys and scarves, touristy tea towels and stuffed koalas,…
It’s my final day at the snow and, if I am honest, I am fatigued from the past three days of skiing and staying up late working and writing a university paper. That whole burning the candle from both ends holds true even if you are lighting one end with fun. But fatigue doesn’t stop…
If I am honest, I was a little anxious about whether I would enjoy “going to the snow” as much as I thought I would. I really didn’t need to worry: I arrived at the snow today and had the most fantastic time. I was nervous as I walked out of the ski hire shop.…
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