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| My favorite bird |
Well, I made it to Melbourne and my hostel was right in the
middle of the city very close to the bus and train station. A five minute walk
after taking the bus to the city and I didn’t get lost!! The weather is much cooler here around 50
degrees. After checking in, I set up a couple of tours. I just walked around the first day and found
a grocery store and bought a few supplies.
It is very expensive here so I will be making most meals. But it has been nice to hear English a lot
and it is not so crowded, no one pushing you out of the way. Yesterday I went
on the Great Beach Road and Rain forest tour and guess what it was on the Pacific Ocean,
it reminded me of home and I am finally looking forward to going back to
California. It was very cold but
beautiful. I am glad I kept my cold weather clothes from Mt. Fuji!! The tour
stopped at several places along the way and I saw a couple Koalas in a tree
(they were very high up) but the interesting part at this site was all of the parrots
that are hanging out and when they see you eating cookies they would fly on
your arms and want to be your best friend and then grab that cookie right out
of your hand and then jump on your shoulder and start eating it getting crumbs
all over you!! But oh they are so cute!! The tour took the coast road (kind of like
our coast road in California) and he stopped at 12 Apostles (as they were
called). These formations are actually
part of the coast but as time went by with the water and wind they broke away
and became singular formations. So they
were called at one time pig and piglets, but now it is the 12 Apostles (I guess
they change it as it is a better attraction name). We stopped for lunch and I had BBQ fish, and
it was really good. After lunch the tour went
to several more spots on the ocean shore (and also the Rain forest) and our final
stop was London Bridge. I think that this was name because part of it fell
down. The story goes that a lot of
people would walk out on this rock “bridge” to the small island at the end but
one day a big chunk just broke off and fell into the ocean leaving two girls stranded
on the island where they needed a helicopter to rescue them. So now you see it
from a distance and the area is closed to the public. Here are some pictures:
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| Beach on the Road |
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| Parrots |
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| Another view of the beach |
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| They took my cookies!! |
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| Tree in the rain forest |
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| Beautiful beach |
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| Part of the 12 Apostles |
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| Cove on the beach |
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| 12 Apostles |
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| London Bridge |
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| Another view so beautiful |
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| Beaches clean and beautiful |
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| Koala |
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| More of the shore line |
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