Friday, March 09, 2007
End of the line in Australia
When I eventually arrived in Sydney I went to stay with my cousin Sarah. She introduced me to the delights of the RSL - cheap beer, slot machines, old drunken army men, the works!
She's the one at the slot machine
During my previous visit to Sydney I managed to blind myself so saw everything through one squinty eye, this time I had two working eyes, hooray. I know there are plenty of photos of Sydney on the blog, but here are a few more.....for luck
Unfortunately my Sydney visit was cut short, damn Qantas. When I phoned to confirm my flights to South America the following week, they told me I was on a standby list, not to worry though they said, they could get me on a flight from Melbourne to Chile in 3 days time! So my little time left in Australia was now cut in half, I found this all very inconvenient!
Next morning I got the first flight back to Melbourne. It was Melbourne Cup Day and I must have been the only person in the city heading away from the racetrack. Even though I didn't make it to Cup Day, I did fit in a visit to Crown Oaks Day with my cousin Martin and his girlfriend Epp, I got to wear a hat! They taught me everything I need to know about betting, for which I will be forever grateful!
Here's Martin doing his thing.
On my last day in Melbourne I realised I had no pictures of the place. I fixed that though and here are some of the best sights.
Flinders Street Station
Hula hooping man on Swanston Street
Tram on Bourke Street, not a ye oldie one unfortunately
Federation Square, now I thought this was pretty ugly but others seemed to like it....
I spent my very last night in Melbourne with my lovely work friends. After a very nice meal and a few cocktails it was time to say my final goodbyes to them. That's the only downside of travelling, all the goodbyes that are necessary.
So that was that, I said goodbye to Australia, the home of scooners, pots, aww yeahhhhs, Bondi Rescue, Rove and Tori.
Next stop Chile.
