melbourne / thursday / 0851
still waking up early, but after a long sleep following an epic day off. just up the road from perth (whoops, that's that jet lag kicking in) melbourne is a town called torquay, next to another town called anglesey! apart from making for an amusing road sign for british people, it's the start of "the great ocean road". rob and adam hired motorbikes, and scott and i hired a car and drove out there. it's totally amazing, and worthy of about three days exploring. we only had a few hours so we only made it to apollo bay for some lunch then headed back, but it was totally amazing. the most spectacular road i've ever driven along, with bay after bay of empty sandy beaches, and amazing forests and wildlife. the smell of (i guess) eucalyptus trees was amazing. for some reason i can't upload pics at the moment, but i'll try again later. there are tons more on the internet if you want to see what it's like. next time i'm gonna do it properly and go the whole way along.
looking forward to tonight, if it's anything like perth - that was a really great show, and a stunning welcome to australia.
oh, and i just had the most amazing breakfast with jesse, at a place called the george street cafe. hands down one of the best breakfasts ever, and great coffee too, and in the most amazing neighbourhood - all old houses with huge balconies and rose gardens. stunning.
gonna wander into town in a bit and have a look round.
