Google's time widget tells me it is yesterday at home, which fries my brain. It's Feb 26 here now.
Holy cow, what a full first day of the tour we had! I started by getting us tickets to a symphony concert at the Sydney Opera House!!!! I am ecstatic about that.
We did a bus tour around Melbourne (pronounced Mel-bun). It's a gorgeous city of 5 million people with very mixed architecture. We had a guided tour of the Royal Botanical Gardens, heaven for this gardener. We drove by the Art Museum where dozens of trees are clothed in red with white polka dot wraps. Lanie and I had lunch in the oldest pub in the city, Young & Jackson, conveniently two blocks from our hotel. After a short nap, we headed out on the bus to Phillips Island, just under a two-hour drive south. We went to the Koala Reserve and saw about eight koalas relaxing in the trees. MAJOR bucket-list accomplishment there! Also saw wallabies and an echidna, which looks similar to a porcupine. Then we drove to the Penguin Park. We waited at sunset to see the penguins come in from the sea and make their way inland, many to babies burrowed into the hills. We could not take photos as the flashes scare the penguins. We're talking hundreds of penguins. It was amazing!!!!
Already this trip is worth every penny, and we are just starting our 2nd full day!!!
Adventure!
Leta
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| Sleeping 20 hrs/day |
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| Baby awaiting mama--these are the only blue penguins in the world |
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