The next day in Melbourne after our wine and jamming-out party, poor Sarah had to wake up early to go to her all day Yoga school and Gareth and I made it out about noon to meet her for lunch, where I had the MEATY BREKKY (this is not something on display in restaurants much in India).
Oh yes, that bacon is as good as it looks.Since I didn’t see any Australian animals (alive) during our winery tour, Gareth and I made our way to the Melbourne Zoo so I could get some snaps of Koalas and Roos. First, though, we met up with the BURGER MONSTER and we hit up an outdoorsy store that had the Vail and Aspen ski reports up!
Me and the Burger Monster. This may be my fave photo of my travels thus far...
We also stopped by the Queen Victoria Market, which was a crazy fun place, but then again, I enjoy a good market. And who knew that the American Doughnut Bus would be there?
The Zoo did not disappoint except on one important front: The platapusary was CLOSED! We were disappointed, but did enjoy the rest of the animal-filled meandering. Some token Aussie animal photos for you all:
Notice the lettuce in the emu's mouth; he was tossing it up and down for 10 minutes before he decided to eat it.
Those are some major claws.
Koala profile.
These birds were wild.
The irony is not lost on me that I had to go all the way to Australia to finally ride an elephant.That night we walked down to the bay area (AKA ocean, but the Aussies like to call it the bay here) and took some pix on the pier and of the Spirit of Tasmania, which is a large boat you can take from Oz all the way to Tasmania! Next time I visit, I plan to do this. The weather in Melbourne changes constantly, bouncing from blue skies to cloudy to cool to sunny to rainy all in one day (sometimes, one hour). We were rewarded, though, with a rainbow in the late afternoon that made all the schizophrenic weather worth dealing with.
