Hello !I'm writing to you from The Summer House hostel in Kings Cross, Sydney. There's no air con here, we're staying in a tiny 6 man room and it was 36c yesterday. It's safe to say its a bit stuffy. This episode of the newsletter has been quite the epic, given the hostel's god awful WiFi, so I hope it was worth the effort! Since I last wrote to you, Dec & I have been quite busy! Last Thursday saw us hit the road early, leaving Melbourne at 8am to drive the Great Ocean Road, a scenic coastal drive to the south west of Melbourne. We drove it as a over two days, stopping in Apollo Bay for a night.   Me dealing with a dangerous shark that escaped the ocean. Dec didnt quite understand how to use a camera at this point in time.   A cool waterfall  They knew I was coming  We went into a spooky rainforest at 9PM to look for glow worms. We saw no glow worms but did end up feeling like we were going to get eaten by dinosaurs  Giant ferns in the redwood forest! Feels like a dinosaur should be just around the corner  Another cool waterfall  Flexibility is key  Me with two of the twelve (well, 7 because two fell over and two never existed) apostles  London Bridge, which used to have a second arch on the left ill that collapsed After the Great Ocean Road, we headed north to the Grampians National park. The Grampains is great for seeing Kangaroos, hiking and (apparently) robot waiters.   The real lady's hat   Had to pay $10 for him to let us pass   No, I wasn't scared standing near the edge, thank you.  Describing my plan to improve this hike by adding a multi-storey car park with a McDonalds & Starbucks right over this horrible river  Photo with a local  Robot waiter. We didn't tip it We arrived back in Melbourne on Sunday ahead of our wine tasting tour on Monday.  A cool Melbourne jazz bar with a jammy band on   Some ugly bloke in the way of this picture of the vineyard Tuesday saw us fly to Sydney & check out the harbour area in the eve.   Went to the opera house and got this cool picture with the AMP office   For anyone who didnt work with me at my last job, I spent a significant part of 2025 working on projects for AMP, so this was like meeting a celebrity for me Wednesday was spent mooching around Sydney before heading to Manly beach in the afternoon. We got hit with some pretty torrential rain on the ferry over which forced us to take shelter in the pub. Whilst at the pub we also had to drink lots of beer, before going to meet my old colleague, Tom, with whom we had to have more beers.  This turtle must have been on the beers last night. Poor bloke  Quite a change in weather! Torrential rain on the ferry to manly  One for the Engine folk, meeting up with old colleague Tom for one too many beers. It felt like being back in London on a Thursday after work Which brings us to Thursday, with another busy week ahead before Dec leaves next Friday. If anyone wants a postcard, please reply with your address and ill make it happen Bye for now! P.S. P.P.S |
