Having Fun In The Sun

Hello everyone! Today is Monday, once again we have class :P Unfortunately most of us on our floor are suffering from a sore throat. Which may have been caused by continuous late nights and early mornings.

Friday we had class and then a free afternoon, we were supposed to go on a Golden Mile Walk but it ended up being canceled due to the fact that walk pamphlet is no longer produced. Kind of odd, but I guess we wouldn’t have directions or anything without the pamphlet. Anyway, a group of us went down to the friendly backpacker to book our travel week. My total came to a lovely $944. My anxiety hit a new level during the two hours that we were there.

We bought some Krispy Kreme and gave one to the guy (Travel Josh) because he was so nice and helpful. And because Kripsy Kreme is right around the corner :)

After that we went to a tattoo parlor Hannah got her nose done and I got my double on my right ear done. I’ll post the pictures. Maybe I’m a baby but mine hurt like hell.

That night we went out and had a few drinks, met some nice Aussies and New Zealanders. It was fun; pretty sure this is why I have a sore throat though. I was very tired the next day.

On Saturday we went and got “hangover breakfast” (no, I did not have a hangover, neither did Ella or Maddy), which consisted of eggs benedict :) so deliciously. At 1:00pm we caught a bus to Phillip Island for the Penguin Parade. We made a few stops along the way, one at a koala sanctuary, which was really cool to see. At the sanctuary there was a tiny baby koala climbing around, it was really hard to get his picture but I tried and I’ll post what I can. We also stopped at a farm where we got to feed a wombat named Stuart and some kangaroos! Which was so exciting and fun! The kangaroos were so cute :)

I slept for a long time on the bus but we reached Phillip Island around seven ish. Unfortunately pictures are forbidden at the parade so I don’t have any pictures of the penguins, but they were amazing to see. We sat directly on the beach and watched them emerge from the water, and then got to walk along a boardwalk, watching them find their way back to their burrows.

Yesterday a small group of us went on the Great Ocean Road. We stopped at Loch Ard Gorge, London Bridge and the Twelve Apostles. We saw twelve koalas along the road, which was pretty awesome.

The bus left at 7:45am and we didn’t return until almost nine at night. I went straight to bed, completely exhausted.

Loch Ard Gorge had a horrible wreck back in the 1700-1800s, and the story goes that one woman and one man survived and had to spend the night together in a cave. And it was proper if you spent a night with a lady that you married her, but the woman refused the man and she later died of depression because her whole family died in the wreck.

London Bridge collapsed in the 1990s and a woman and man were trapped on the other side. A traveler saw them and went for help, but help couldn’t arrive until the next morning. The woman and man had been waving frantically to get the traveler’s attention but by the morning they were subdued. The reason being because they were having an affair, a news helicopter rescued them and their affair was on worldwide news.

The Twelve Apostles were absolutely beautiful and it was so windy! It was well worth the drive all the way out there.