The story so far, there has been so much that's happened I know I won't remember it all. Since i've been in melbourne I have met many people and have been taking a laid back approach just drinking and chilling most of the days away!. I have been checking out the city which is quite nice but after a while cities can get a bit samey. Ok when you first get there but after a few days you can tire of them. Melbourne is quite a big city and the hostel I am in is a bit of a trek from the main town so I have been doing unbelieveable amounts of walking. We are getting some very hot days here too. I have moved on to three different hostels since my last post around Melbourne. I hooked up with a friend from school mr Anthony Dixon who happened to be travelling in Oz the same time and we spent a few days together which was really cool. We hired a car and drove along the great ocean road which is a road that basically goes along the edge of a cliff that is long enough to take you all the way to Adelaide, with some amazing views. If you ever hit Melbourne this is a must do, it was here I experience my first wild Koala bears and wallabies! - and a decapitated kangaroo.. (road kill). We've been having loads of parties, bbq's guiatars out and watching people fall over after a lot of 'Goon' drinking.
Today I am heading to Tasmania, very last minute and have practically been winging the whole thing. The internet is pretty costly here so i've kept this short and sweet but so far it's going great!
I went to see my very first Australian football match here at the AFL, the Kangaroos vs the Carlton blues very interesting game I went to see it with a Danish guy I met in Melbourne Metro and this was quite a unique experience - actually going to a football match where there was EQUAL numbers of Men and Women watching it and the women were not just partners the blokes brought along for a show! these were women genuinely interested in the game! We were sitting in front of a very enthusiastic young lady who indirectly taught us the entire game with her constant and very accurate commentary!
On the way back from the game we spotted some very unusal nocturnal creatures running towards the trees, I grabbed some photos which I will upload when I get the chance.
Here in Melbourne I have met some very interesting characters a lot of them German. One particular guy in the group was very eccentric and yes he was a journalist. We had a very strange morning where we was walking around the city and he decides to take a tour around Melbourne Central cemetary! at least I went to a place where 99% of travellers in Melbourne have never seen before! - he found it fascinating and I was very easily amused by his enthusiasm!
