We spent an amazing weekend in Melbourne with new frisbee friends. Lee and Karen welcomed us back into their apartment after our trip to Grampians. Saturday we met and drank with some of the players in the Melbourne Ultimate community in a huge beer garden and then joined them for a BBQ dinner (BBQ #1 of the weekend). This day was extremely hazy and hot because of the smoke which was blown in from the bush fires raging north-east of the city.
This picture was taken around 10 am when the smoke from the bush fires was thickest in the city.
Dave and Nicki salsa dancing!
Sunday, after spending the night at Dave and Nicki's apartment, we joined them at their friend's house for a pre-Christmas celebration BBQ (#2) with some of their friends. We made the "Death row Salad" recipe we learned from Lisa and had our first shrimp on the barbie. There was tons of great food and we even had our second helping of Pavlova! Dave and Nicki were nice enough to bring us along to Dave's parent's house for another BBQ (#3). They are an orienteering family, and we got to hear about his dad's travels on cargo ships and trains. It was another great meal. All four of us put on a great show of eating.
Monday we headed out of Melbourne for the Great Ocean Road in our small rental car. Before we were even 100 km out of town we blew our back right tyre. After a quick change, thankful for the full size spare, we were back on the road. The Great Ocean Road was beautiful. Some of the quick highlights: beaches, coastal cliffs, huge waves, high winds, Bell's beach, and KOALAS!!! We have some great pictures which we will post soon.
We are off to Mt. Kosciuszko today and Canberra and Sydney following that.
Cheers,
Mike
4 comments:
first comment what!
phew! I just caught up on your entire trip in one sitting. That's just how I roll. It sounds amazing and I hope you guys continue to have awesome adventures! I have a new email account since my student one got deactivated (f'n Fascits! hehe)
wishyouwerehere@hippiemail.com
in case you guys are sending out emails.
Much love,
Jenn Milholen
Hey there Tank and Cara,
Just wanted to say hello. It was great to see you both in Perth again.
Glad you're enjoying your trip around Aus :)
So you're heading to Canberra ? Let me know if you need contacts and I'll try to hook you up with people there.
cheers,
Minh
Koalas!!
I knew they were out there somewhere.
Also, looks like you've learned your lesson about renting a car that is not a Yarvis.
Got back from cali last night, I'll have my pics from WA up tomorrow.
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