Melbourne

Melbourne, wow. This will be a short post! I’ve been here a few days, seen a bit of the city, a bit of the beach and a lot of my bed! I left Sean on the gold coast on Saturday evening, after seeing Six60 in concert. Pretty good kiwi band – their stage show leaves a lot to be desired, using stunts that went out in the early 90s…however, musically they had some good stuff. I recommend listening to them and Donovan Frankenreiter too. I can’t remember if I wrote about him before, but he’s an American musician who’s worked with Jack Johnson on a few songs and has some fabulous ones in his own right. Check both these acts out on Youtube!!

Anyway, I left Sean on the Saturday evening with a tearful goodbye. It was incredibly painful; we had been living together for the past 2 months so to go from seeing someone every minute of every day to not seeing them for 5 weeks takes its toll. I got on the plane on the Sunday, sat next to two pastors. We got chatting, and the conversation turned to my apparent lack of luck with transport (namely planes and cars – cast your mind back to the A380 incident and the 2 car crashes!). As the plane came to land, they both grabbed a hand of mine to create a prayer circle and they blessed be good luck for the rest of my travels. I was touched by the gesture, but still tried very hard not to laugh throughout. When I was in Palm Cove for Sean’s birthday, I ended up buying an onyx necklace – onyx is meant to bring luck to travellers and bring strength to the wearer. It’s a dolphin holding an onyx ball and it means a lot to me!

Melbourne. I landed, and had to find my way to MooMoo’s house! He lives in St. Kilda on the beach and after a little bit of working out how the tram system worked, I made my way there. Moo picked me up from the tram station and we went straight to his friend’s house. His friends are all French, so I spent the evening surrounded by French-speaking, if not cool, people. Definitely a different experience from living with an American!!

I spent the following day curled up in bed, reading my book, watching trashy TV before realising I was being silly and went for a walk along the beach. That cheered me up, and I walked up to St. Kilda’s Pavilion, a historical building along the beach in Melbourne. At the back there’s a natural Little Penguin conservation centre, and I was lucky enough to spy a penguin hiding in the breakwater. It definitely cheered me up!

Pixie arrived last night, and I met her at the tram stop after watching a few intense games of beach volleyball. It was great to see her, and we went out for a few drinks last night in a bar called La Roche. We had lots to catch up on, so it was great. Today we ventured out of St Kilda to Federation Square. It’s a sight to see, that’s for sure. We spent many hours walking around the city and various art museums – getting a little bit of culture into our trip!

I’ve just been planning my way to Adelaide for tomorrow – the trams are disrupted due to the start of the Grand Prix. As I’m writing this, I can hear the cars squealing round a track in the distance – wish I was going to the Grand Prix but alas it’s not to be.

I will give you all another update after Adelaide. Ok, not that short a post! 

Peace and love to you all xx