1st December
Well we had a good weekend, followed by a rather traumatic Monday (I’ll get to it)
We left the safe St Kilda shores for a weekend jaunt to Philip Island; El had managed to book us a car, a motel and tickets to see the tiny penguins that live there. It’s about 3 hours away and so we got to see some great scenery on the way and apart from a rather tricky diversion around Frankston we made it there unshaved. The motel was pretty nice and in the middle of Cowes (twinned with our Cowes) and we barely had time to layer up before heading the 10 km down the road to the penguin parade.
It’s a funny old buissness these tiny (30 cm tall) penguins swim to the shoreline before running up the beach to their nests. They each have there own little route back and there are over 1000 of them. El managed some illegal filming so we will be able to blog them for your eyes only. It was however bloody cold !! with jumpers, scarf’s, more layers than a lasagne and fleece blankets I was still quite glad of the complimentory hot chocolate and the warmth of our Italian restaurant where we had dinner when it was all over. Exhausted from a busy working week and excited about the plans for the day ahead I promptly fell asleep and left poor old El watching telly by herself!
We got up early and went to the most haphazard market I have ever come across in my life… you could buy anything ( not that you’d want a lot of it ) and we amused ourselves looking around. We then headed for Amazing things © If you are familiar with Ripley’s believe it or not museum in Blackpool then you are probably on the same page.. It is a collection of seemingly impossible things that turn out to be true.
Very entertaining. As with all these theme park esk things we have some delightful pictures ( you know the ones that cost a small fortune and come in their own brightly coloured cardboard frames ) so we’ll get them scanned in for your entertainment.
We headed to the beach next, El went for a surf whilst I settled for a swim and a spot of R and R on the sand, turns out I got quite burnt, and still bare slight resemblance to a warning beacon or a lobster.
With a 3 hour drive home we set off, stopping at a chocolate factory we stopped of for some takeaway, parked the car and within an hour were fast asleep, it’s amazing what the fresh air does for you.
Great weekend.
Not so good Monday – Got up for work, got to work, finished work, came home. Not so eventful. El however had a slightly different day She got up to drive the car back to the rental shop, only the car wasn’t there – why? Because the night before we mistook a towaway bay for a parking space, oh yes the hire car got towed. Poor old El had to go back to the rental shop and explain that we’d lost the car, pay $75 for the weekend car hire and then $370 to get the car back….
So there we go tonight we went for a beer each £100 down but united in out hatred for car tow people and united in the fact that we had a brilliant weekend and are looking forward to the next mini adventure ( and a better awareness of the Australian parking system )
Love to you all,
Leah and El
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