Wednesday we had class during the day, per usual. In the evening we headed to the city for a scavenger hunt. We broke up into groups with the Deakin peer advisors and walked around the city taking pictures at various spots on our list. Kendall was in Harriet's group, while I was in Zach's. Zach, having no sense of direction got our group completely lost- but it was a nice adventure through the city. We ended the scavenger hunt at the Victoria Market which was a huge market with vendor's selling food, clothes, and miscellaneous items. At the market, Kendall had a goat burger and I tried Kangaroo, which was pretty good! We finished the night with some macarons...YUM!
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| We forgot to take a picture of the kangaroo burger but here is Christine's! |
Thursday we had class and then spent the evening doing some odd shopping, laundry, and just hanging around. Most other people were heading to Sydney for the weekend. We also had to up at like 4am the next day so we wanted to get some sleep.
Friday was an AMAZING day. We did some research and found Otway Fly which is a place where you can zip line and do a tree top walk. It's about two and a half hours away from Melbourne so we didn't know how we would get there until we found Walter who does a day trip there. We met him in the city (after missing our tram and frantically trying to find a cab but then ended up taking a later tram and making the tour a little late... we'd feel bad but it was just 4 others from our program and one random woman on the tour so they understood) and began our tour. Walter took us on the Great Ocean Road to the Loch Ard Gorge. It was soooo beautiful we took a ton of pictures and videos. After the gorge, we stopped at the 12 Apostles. Again, it was incredibly beautiful. Almost half of the 12 Apostles have collapsed so it was cool to get to see them before they're all eventually gone. Around noon we arrived at Otway Fly and had lunch and did the tree top walk. The walk was pretty cool but one section of the bridge is a bit wobbly and that just was not for me. Finally, we went zip lining! It was so much fun! The tour guides told us about the surrounding animals, trees, and plants and consisted of 6 zips and 2 rope bridge-type things. I got to wear my Go Pro on my helmet and it had clips to hold it on, which was awesome! Kurt, if you're reading this, I stepped off every platform with ZERO hesitation... so sorry for being such pain last time haha! This zip line was totally different from the one at Catalina because you pretty much got to sit almost like you were on a swing and the way the lines are set up, you gradually slow down and land on your own. After zipping we headed back to the city.
Loch Ard Gorge Photos....
We got back to Melbourne and were dropped off at Flagstaff Gardens just in time for some lawn bowls (similar to bocce). We played a few games and then headed out on a bit of a pub crawl. We all went to The Vic, which was a pretty cool spot. Afterwards, Zach, Kendall, Dima, and I went to the Post Office (a bar not a real post office) and then met up with everyone again at another bar to go dancing. I should Also mention that, unintentionally, Kendall and I were matching... like completely matching (red tanks, denim shorts). Zach and Dima also were matching (blue shirts, white shorts). We looked ridiculous walking around. The live band at the last bar were so fun and we just all danced around until we were so tired and went home. I fell asleep literally as soon as I got into bed... we had been up for 21 hours so I'm surprised I made it as long as I did.
Twelve Apostles and Zip Lining Photos....
Saturday we slept in a little bit and Zach picked us up to take us to Lysterfield Lake by his house. It's considered to be more towards the "country" and it was so pretty. We met Zach's friends who were SO nice. We had a barbecue and played frisbee and football. Afterwards Zach, Kendall, and I went on a walk around the lake. It was like 5km and apparently the area has a ton of kangaroos. Zach's friends said we'd be seriously unlucky if we didn't see any.... and we almost didn't until the very end of our walk, they were so cute hopping around! Overall we had such a fun day, which Zach said was a typical australian summer day for him. Kendall was obviously super tired and took a nap when we came home. When she woke up we went one tram stop over for dinner and it was AMAZING. I'd say prosciutto pizza really sums up our trip here and I'm not complaining!
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| The kangaroos we saw on our walk |
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| Us at the lake! |
Tomorrow we are going to the beach to learn to surf.... it should be really interesting and hilarious. Hopefully I'll be able to take my Go Pro and you can all laugh with us haha.
Check out our video from the gorge, the 12 Apostles, and zip lining!
-Molly
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