Folks, I'm in Adelaide right now - tired and frustrated.

The trip is going really well but technical difficulties are really starting to annoy me.

 

1. MSN Spaces has an upload limit for photos and I've exceeded it so I have to wait till next month (May 1) to continue uploading photos. I managed to get some of my Tasmania photos up but that's it. Also, I deleted a bunch of older photos from my early India albums (Rajasthan specifically) because I thought I needed to make room since it wasn't letting me upload photos.

 

2. I have typed this blog entry 3 times now and this PC I'm on keeps turning off on it's own and giving me the wonderful Windows Blue Screen of death so that is not a good thing at all.

 

Anyway, let me try to briefly outline what I had already written. For starters, my departure from Tasmania was a bit of an adventure. I was taking a ferry (the Spirit of Tasmania) from Tasmania to Melbourne. Sounds easy enough right? Well, I was in Launceston and had booked a bus ticket to take me to Devonport (where the boat departs from). I got to the bus station about 20 minutes early and was just chilling waiting for my bus. All of a sudden, I realize that it's past 5:30 and I never got called for my bus. I went to the counter and asked the lady and she said "I made a call for passengers 5 minutes ago - where were you???" I didn't hear her. Anyway, the bus had already left the parking lot so I went running after him and managed to flag him down at the next intersection. I got inside because she called the bus driver in the mean time to tell him that someone had missed the bus. Wow, that was quite a stressful way to start my journey.

 

In Melbourne, I stayed with my buddy Quincy from high school. He's working as a teacher out there. I had a blast hanging at Quincy's place so thanks a lot for your excellent hospitality man! Melbourne itself is a really great city. There seems to be a huge arts and athletics culture which makes it have a really nice vibe. Melbourne is a really tourist-friendly city too with an AMAZING visitor's centre and great maps/signage all round the downtown core. For me, whether it was hanging out at Queen Victoria Market, Federation Square, Flinders Station, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, touring MCG or checking out a Footy match, I had so many great experiences. Melbourians (at least that's what I'm gonna call them) really love their footy. The obsession is definitely like hockey is for us back home in Canada. Overall, I got a really good vibe from Melbourne and I think I'd love to go back and check it out again in more detail sometime.

 

On Saturday the 22nd, Brenda flew into Melbourne and I picked her up in our upgraded rental car. We started the Great Ocean Road drive that morning... So plenty more to come in the next little while.