Sunday, Dec 23, 2007

It's been pretty low key here in Melbourne for the past few days, and most likely for the next with Christmas coming up and all. Sean's friend Alice offered to show us the Dandenongs, which is a small mountain range just an hour outside of Melbourne.

Of course we took her up on the offer. She and Sean had been to this spot before; the view was huge.


The weather has been less than stimulating: overcast each day, low 60s, rain--feels like Fall back home; feels harsh. The clouds in this area were pretty cool, so I took a huge picture of them.

There were red, blue and green colored birds flying all throughout the trees here. And Cookaburro birds were cackling, which sound like chimps that are laughing at you.. seriously--it's weird.
Afterwards, we bought lunch at a take away spot and we returned to the Cave--the name of Sean's apartment.

The apt is really nice. Except for the bare blue walls, it is a great place and there are usually heaps of people coming and going. Jarrod and Gary live with Sean; they both skate and so do all of Sean's other friends.

One morning after a night on the town. Jef and I fell asleep on our usual spot on the floor. When we woke, we were surprised to find 3 more bare-assed dudes passed out next to us. This is how it goes in the cave. But it's fun and we're having some great times.

I booked a tour to the Grampians the day after Christmas today, and am looking forward to the trip and meeting some new people. I want to try and catch the Melbourne Zoo and Wilson's Prom before I leave this area of the world on Friday night... We'll see what happens!