Retrospective Travel Journal, Day #22
Thursday 19/2, 2009
Day 22 of our trip dawns sunny and warm. While Göran goes to work and A stays in bed, still not recovered, me and Karin head for Melbourne Zoo! Karin and I instantly fall in love with the meerkats, and hang out there for quite a while before gracing the other animals with our presence. Here are some pics:
…starting to wonder about the lack of kangas yet? Well, I’ve got some pics, but they need music to be viewed! Why don’t you start the YouTube vid below first and then take a look at the kangaroo boys underneath while Barry White gets through his intro. At least it makes ME laugh; hopefully someone else will see what I see too!
That’s that with the macho men, you may stop listening to mr White now!
After spending quite a few hours in the sweltering heat, we decide it’s time for ice cream and cool drinks at a zoo café. Incidentally there’s a zoo shop right next to that, so we have some fun there too:
We get home at about the same time as Göran and have a great linguine carbonara for dinner. A is satisfied with some yoghurt, a banana and some bread, but at least he’s eating! After dinner me and Göran drive east along the coastline to see some of the sights. First we stop at St Kilda marina:
Then we drive a bit further to see Brighton’s multitude of colourful beach huts. First from afar:
Then up close:
We watch a beautiful sunset:
The black swans are watching too:
Before going home we made a short stop at Luna Park, the local tivoli:
After just walking around for a bit, looking at the (really) old rollercoaster that needed manual breaking during the ride (by a guy who had to stand up between the two carts to do just that for every ride) we head home to sleep. Tomorrow’s a new day!
Surveying the damages from Bridal Veil Falls three days later (look at those beautiful hues!):
Goodnight!
