I have never witnessed the type of hospitality and generosity that we have recieved here in Adelaide. We were treated so well and I appreciate the efforts of my friends here so very much. I cannot begin to explain my gratitude and I hope that one day they will visit Vancouver and we can repay their kindness.
We started the day today at 11am when we finally woke up. We skyped with family back home who were celebrating Christmas eve. Then we ate a big brunch of hashbrowns, eggs, sausages and more breakfasty type foods. We spent Christmas day at the beach in the sun. The boys played cricket and soccor and swam in the ocean while I mainly slept on the beach. After showers and relaxing a bit we had a big dinner that our friend's mother prepared. The evening was spent having good conversations, watching movies and finishing off a tub of ice cream and a cheesecake (mostly by Tyson and I).
We went to sleep far too late because our friend's younger brothers convinced us to stay up and watch Cars 2 with them. At 6am we woke up and hit the road to Melbourne leaving behind the fondest memories of Adelaide.
We woke up early on boxing day and were on the road by 7am. I have to admit that I slept for several hours while we were driving and often times I woke up to Tyson snoring away next to me. The boys swapped the driver position and other than stopping for petrol and snacks we kept going most of the day. We stopped to several huge sinkholes in the middle of Mount Gambia. Apparently the whole town is at risk of sinking the same way. In the same town we saw a huge blue lake 250 meters deep and had about 200 million gallons of water in it. It was a crystal blue colour and may have been the result of a volcano.
Towards the end of the day we started to see the scenery of The Great Ocean Road that is pictured in my facebook page. We stopped and camped in a large camp ground. We bought food to cook and watched movies until we passed out. Tyson and I slept in the car and the boys slept in a tent for two.
In the morning we ate a big breakfast and head back on the road. We stopped to see London Bridge, the Twelve Apostles and other erroding rock islands along the road. We hiked a one hour trail that was built over top of the trees in a park. The hike was about 100 meters above ground level so we could look down at the trees. There were higher lookout points that we climbed up to as well. Despite all the warning signs we did not see any snakes in park.
Once we got to Melbourne we immediately noticed that it is a much bigger city than Adelaide. Also more expensive because the cheap looking Chinese retaurant in Chinatown was $20 per small dish. After loading up on ``cheap`` deep fried Chinese food we ran to catch a fire show. Huge bursts of fire ripped through the air to the music at a large court area. We also went inside a mall that was bursting with night life. There were several fancy clubs, casinos, movie theaters and restaurants. The entrance to the movie theater was over $18 for a regular movie.
The people we are with with are Vahid (the awesome) and Omid
Our friend has a place in a brand new high rise downtown but by the time we got there the concierge was off work and we no longer had access to the key. So we slept at his uncle`s house fifteen minutes outside of the city. After two days of driving and sight seeing, everyone slept well that night.
"If we are not happy and joyous in this season for what season shall we wait"
We started the day today at 11am when we finally woke up. We skyped with family back home who were celebrating Christmas eve. Then we ate a big brunch of hashbrowns, eggs, sausages and more breakfasty type foods. We spent Christmas day at the beach in the sun. The boys played cricket and soccor and swam in the ocean while I mainly slept on the beach. After showers and relaxing a bit we had a big dinner that our friend's mother prepared. The evening was spent having good conversations, watching movies and finishing off a tub of ice cream and a cheesecake (mostly by Tyson and I).
We went to sleep far too late because our friend's younger brothers convinced us to stay up and watch Cars 2 with them. At 6am we woke up and hit the road to Melbourne leaving behind the fondest memories of Adelaide.
We woke up early on boxing day and were on the road by 7am. I have to admit that I slept for several hours while we were driving and often times I woke up to Tyson snoring away next to me. The boys swapped the driver position and other than stopping for petrol and snacks we kept going most of the day. We stopped to several huge sinkholes in the middle of Mount Gambia. Apparently the whole town is at risk of sinking the same way. In the same town we saw a huge blue lake 250 meters deep and had about 200 million gallons of water in it. It was a crystal blue colour and may have been the result of a volcano.
Towards the end of the day we started to see the scenery of The Great Ocean Road that is pictured in my facebook page. We stopped and camped in a large camp ground. We bought food to cook and watched movies until we passed out. Tyson and I slept in the car and the boys slept in a tent for two.
In the morning we ate a big breakfast and head back on the road. We stopped to see London Bridge, the Twelve Apostles and other erroding rock islands along the road. We hiked a one hour trail that was built over top of the trees in a park. The hike was about 100 meters above ground level so we could look down at the trees. There were higher lookout points that we climbed up to as well. Despite all the warning signs we did not see any snakes in park.
Once we got to Melbourne we immediately noticed that it is a much bigger city than Adelaide. Also more expensive because the cheap looking Chinese retaurant in Chinatown was $20 per small dish. After loading up on ``cheap`` deep fried Chinese food we ran to catch a fire show. Huge bursts of fire ripped through the air to the music at a large court area. We also went inside a mall that was bursting with night life. There were several fancy clubs, casinos, movie theaters and restaurants. The entrance to the movie theater was over $18 for a regular movie.
The people we are with with are Vahid (the awesome) and Omid
Our friend has a place in a brand new high rise downtown but by the time we got there the concierge was off work and we no longer had access to the key. So we slept at his uncle`s house fifteen minutes outside of the city. After two days of driving and sight seeing, everyone slept well that night.
"If we are not happy and joyous in this season for what season shall we wait"
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