All pictures are up on facebook! I took way to many to actually post them in this blog!
I have been crazy busy the past two weeks. As the end of the semester is creeping up on me I have been a travel bug. I went to Melbourne for a long weekend from the 15th to the 17th with Mara my travel buddy! We had an amazing time! The first day we got in and went to the hostel to put our stuff down. Then we went for a quick visit to the Queen Victoria Market then off to a day of the penguin parade which was such a crazy day! first we went stopped at this little rest stop for lunch and i bought a book for like $3. Then we went to a wildlife park and chilled with kangaroos again which is always a good time. Then off to a beach which was very windy and Mara and I got soaked by the waves but it definately got us a few good pictures and heaps of laughs! After the beach we went over to the Nobbies which is this cute little boardwalk that has a small island off the coast that looks like a doorknob hence being called the nobbies. It was cold and rainy but we still had a good time. Even though it was breading season for seagulls and they were EVERYWHEREEE! We then drove down towards the penguin parade and saw for once heaps of wild wallabies! Brought my wild kangaroo and wallaby count up to 19! Next we stopped in this little town called Cowes for delicious pizza dinner. I even tried a lamb stew pizza which was actually delicious. Our final stop was the actual penguin parade. It was amazing! We were sitting in these bleachers on the beach and suddenly you see these groups of penguins waddling up from the water! I was like a little kid again and was amazed! We watched a few groups of penguins come in from the water then we followed them up the boardwalk. I literally was following one penguin all the way home it was so cute! They are called little penguins and are only a foot tall! I wanted to reach over and pick it up and stick it in my bag! We drove back to our hostel and finally got to relax after a very long day (or so we thought) We hear a knock on our door and went outside and became friends with a whole australian rules football team. They were hilarious! We finally got to bed after an hour of talking outside. The next day we spent hours shopping in Queen Victoria Market which is a bigger version of Paddys Market in Sydney. It was so much fun and I bought alot of my presents for friends and family back home! We then walked into the center of the city and did some much needed sightseeing! We visited the art museum and followed the statues outside that were for an arts festival. That night we went out to dinner at Taco Bills which was known for the huge margaritas! Mara and I split one and had a delicious dinner! The next morning we had to check out early. Then we went out into the city again because our flight was at 7pm. We went out to breakfast at this cute place called the pancake parlour. Then we went up to the top of the Eureka Sky Tower which had amazing views of the whole city. After the Sky Tower we stumbled upon the Ice Bar and decided to go in. It was really really cool. Pun intended! We drank out of ice glasses and bought pictures and even stole to socks! sneaky us! After the ice bar we started to slowly make our way back to our hostel to get picked up to head to the airport. Overall it was a great long weekend trip to Melbourne!
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