melbourne 3 & 4 may

3rd may night

we got to our hostel alright, but we had problems trying to get to the room cos the booking was too complicated, booked under my name but 2 people came in the morning and 3 at night..so in the end irene came down and helped us out. i gave irene a hug when i saw her and hl one when i saw her up in her room too!! it was really nice seeing the 2 of them after 4 mths too..and how we'd tell each other in our mails that we'd have to give each other big hugs when we see each other :) the beds in nomads were SUPER CREAKY.haha.

4th may philip island

so many photos that there isn't that much to say! just that we went to the trouble to buy subway in the morning for our lunch..and we had bunches of subway with us on our seats when we found out we had complimentary lunch vouchers! however that came about, i have absolutely no idea. so subway became our dinner instead lol. but the meatball sub i had was good. seal rocks were super cold. there was one point we went all the way down the boardwalk and we were wondering why we were doing it in the biting cold where the wind was chilly and cutting and rain was hitting our faces at an angle and we were getting all wet, faces, hair and all. all the way to the end to find out that the path leading to the lookout was blocked up or something. the penguin parade was really cool it was like 6 and really dark and drizzly..and of cos it was COLD..and we were just waiting out there for the penguins to arrive and suddenly there was like a collective exclamation of wonder and people were pointing and u just saw a whole black mass come out of the water...and the penguins just started walking up toward the pathway! like lots and lots of them..and they'd like start and stop and start and stop like there was some sort of traffic system going on. haha.