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Thursday 9 February 2012

Melbourne...AGAIN

So Cameron Kindly picked us up from the train station and put us up on his couch for a few days. Melbourne aint as bad as I had it down in my book after the last time when it was inhumanely hot and stuffy and were tired/lost. Apologies Melbourne for  the quick judgement, I now love this city.

After a chilled day cruising about the town we met Cameron and Alex for a after work drink - you know after a hard day in the office its understandable and well we are kinda on holiday...ahem?!? Then it was for a fancy alfresco dining and a trip back down to st killda. This time NOT walking under the evil 40' sun. Despite a fare crowd of egger tourists already encamping the breakwater cameras at the ready we managed to get a space and watch some fairy penguins come ashore. Im not going to complain because I really really love penguins, but these ones were going for the washed out rock star look, (Mairi claims they were moulting, I still reckon they could have put in at least a wee bit more effort) 

Dancing Penguins

Fairy Penguin 

Melbourne from St Killda

Tass part 2

So here are the last couple of days in Tassie...
Port Arthur Convict Prison.

what a stunner of a day!

Artist's Impression of convict ship building.

Life was good for the Governor  

Aus seem so proud of their convict history?! (History really? come on my school was older)

Sauna in the middle of no where! 

Start of the walk out to Shipsterns Bluff.


Looking rough and uneasy after several snake encounters looking down at Shipsterns Bluff

Mairi chillin and listing to the intimidating sounds of the tiny waves.

You know when you pretend to fall...then realise your crippled and cant counter it!

Rock Arch at Doo Town

Waves ( I wasn't allowed to surf) at Pirates Bay

Water Fall Art or Engineering brilliance?! In the MONA (Hobart)





Tattooed pig skin 

The artist paid him to do some ink then when he dies in return his back skin is put on display, in the mean time hes just chilling in the gallery as a piece of work.



If this is art then the art world are in for a treat when they see my garage/van!

Fat Porshe

My song of the moment.

Imagine (covered by Jack Johnson)