Well it my last day in Australia! Everybody say aaahhh! Melbourne was great fun especially the Neighbours night. That was hilarious & I got to meet Dr. Karl Kennedy and Steph Scully. Also we met someone called Sky but I don't know who she is.
From Melbourne I took a trip up the Great Ocean Road which wasn't so great because it was lashing rain the whole time. The Twelve Apostles were miserable. The Otway National Park was cool though and it was enhanced by the rain because its a rain forest. We stayed in Port Campbell a nice spot but the rain kept us inside. The next day more rainy Great Ocean Road. It stop when we got to the Grampians though but the damaged was done and some of the roads were closed. I can’t believe the floods followed me here too!!
The next day we headed for Adelaide. Lots of people had told me that it was kind of boring here but I liked it. It was like a city sized country town. I loved the zoo here because they have pandas and sun bears (the sun bear in Sydney were invisible). Unfortunately I was a few days too early for Lance Armstrong who did a charity cycle there after I left. The following day we headed to Quorn and spent a couple of days here hiking in the Flinders Range. The best part was the BBQ (sorry to any veggies reading this). We had Camel, Kangaroo and Buffalo. Then we headed to the under ground town of Cooper Pedy. Its famous for the mining of Opal but it was too hot for the miners to live here so they built their houses under ground. We stayed in an “underground hostel” but really it was built into the side of a big hill. Then finally I got to Uluru or Ayers Rock. It is just a rock and I can’t say I saw it change colour at sunrise or sunset but I’m still glad I saw it and now I can tick it off the list. It was crazy hot though up in the 40’s. The next day we did a four day hike of King’s Canyon in the crazy heat. It was worth it though for the amazing views. Finally our tour ended in Alice Springs. Alice is a hole of a town I wouldn't recommend it. If you have to go don't stay too long. It looks like Canberra except really dirty and there’s lots of dodgy people hanging around day and night. From here I flew as soon as I could to Melbourne for a one night stop over then flew on to Tasmania. I really didn't have a enough time here. I stayed in Hobart which is lovely it kind of reminded me of Wexford town. The climate here is a bit more manageable too. I took a trip to Port Arthur and took in some of the historical sights of the old prison station. I loved the Tasmanian Devil Conservation centre here too. We got to see the devils at feeding time. They are savages and look nothing like the Looney Tune version. Sadly then the next day I had to fly back to Sydney.
Its been an amazing couple of months and if I could do it all over again the only thing I’d change is I’d bring more money :)
But now its time for my New Zealand adventure to begin!!! Watch this space…
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