It's been a busy couple of weeks!! Where to start.....First of all, the bad news is I can't find my camera cable to upload pictures. Big headache. (I also can't find my ipod charger, which is very upsetting from a running perspective. Bigger headache.) So, once again I pulled a few pics from the internet to give you a flavour of what I've been up to.
Onto the good news.
Last weekend was a total blast. So much fun that I never had time to unpack or write anything here. Saturday was the Australian Football League's version of the Superbowl. I'd watched a massive parade of the players from the office window on Friday; it was clear this was a very popular pastime here. I was out shopping and exploring the city during the game but I stopped by an amazing penthouse party right after for the evening and night. It was a friend of a guy at work, and over 200 people showed up, they had a DJ, three bouncers, a BBQ, and tons of beer. A fantastic time. By 10pm I was done with the drinking and dancing and headed to Mamasita, a highly recommended Mexican restaurant. It did not disappoint, from the cerviche to the quesadellas. But I do not recommend the guac.
On Sunday I met work friends for a late brunch at Grigons & Orr in North Melbourne where I discovered I am not a big fan of coddled eggs. But they had a nice patio and it was set up like a very cute old corner store. Recommend for a lazy midday brunch.
It was a beautiful day and D. and I had decided to drive to see the ocean after brunch...which turned into a trip to Phillip Island to go see the penguins. It was a beautiful hour and a half drive south...pretty much as far south as you can get in Australia without going to Tasmania. We didn't do our research (I assumed you could just roll up to the beach, look at the penguins and go home...) but got lucky. The penguins only come out of the water at sunset (which thanks to daylight savings time was around 7:45pm) and then they parade up the beach about 2km to their nesting spots. I had thought we were just going to drive around for a bit, and was wearing a summer dress. Not okay! I had to buy a sweatshirt and wrap myself in a fleece blanket. My fashion statement doesn't seem to have caught on.
The penguins were cute - it was a bit touristy because you had to buy tickets and sit on platforms to see them, but there were hundreds of them that waddled on by you. The species is called Little Penguins, and they are definitely quite little and funny...but it was very cold and very late by the time we got home.
Of course I then zipped off to work for the week....and I'll tell you all about the fun I had there in my next post! (Hopefully with my own pictures!!)
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