Lord of the Flies
Why do Australians wear cork hats? I’ll tell you, because of the fecking flies!!! You walk out onto the street hear in Melbourne and you end up covered in the things, always wiping your face or flicking your hat around – Lucy has been likened to someone with Tourrettes, letting out small but loud torrents of unrepeatable obsenities (well we all are, but Luce is the loudest :-) ).
So far I haven’t been overly impressed with Melbourne’s St.Kilda, our quick glimpse at the beach was filled with images of condoms, broken glass, fag butts and washing machines?? Weird place!
Still tomorrow we are heading inland to the CBD of Melbourne, already had a couple of days there and really like it – so much to do and see with the diverse range of cafe’s, bars and restaurants being complimented by the shops, street sellers and beggers.
We had our first real night out the other day when we went to ‘Neighbours Night’ at the Elephant and Wheelbarrow Pub. Where we got to meet Toadie, Paul Robinson and some woman whom I’d never heard of – Janelle Timmons? Really good night out and even though my preconception was they were going to be a bunch of assholes they actually turned out alright – Toadie was the joker of the bunch and was constantly getting asked why he was so fat… He even had t-shirts printed up with his reply on them, autographed and ready to make the organisers even more money when people snatched them up.
We all got our pictures taken with them and then returned to drinking our Magners – how nice it was to drink something truly English… Although it was quite expensive!! Still I have another kidney, so I won’t miss the other one.
Right, time to go and pack up the backpack ready for the early move. Wahoo – we’re outta here! I’ll post more about Melbourne and stick some pictures on when I get somewhere a little better!
