Melbourne.

Leaving Melbourne today, decided to stay an extra day because I had to finish a paper for my online course that's worth 45% and I knew I wouldn't finish it if I didn't have proper internet and a place.

Melbourne is awesome, it's a very trendy, busy, diverse city. I explored downtown a lot, saw the big, old library and the Eureka tower. Took the train and the trams. On Thursday I decided to trek to the beach because I haven't really done the beach since I've been here. Sean dropped me off at a tram stop and said I'd go through the city and then to the beach. I was on the tram for 30 minutes when I finally got to the city.. and then they announced what stop we were at. The beach was stop 147, we were at stop 3. In 30 minutes I had gone 3 stops. I hopped off the tram because I didn't want to spend all day on it and probably get lost anyways. So I roamed around downtown more and watched a bunch of comedy acts- there's a comedy festival on here.

Last night we went to Crown casino and went bowling. I met Sean's work friends and did pretty poorly at bowling. The high point was when I got a spare.

I'm back to Sydney today, picking up Sharpie's car and then heading up. I think tonight I'll stay in Newcastle with my friend from Alberta. Then my plan from there is:
Newcastle to Coffs Harbour (Sun night)
Coffs Harbour (Mon/ Tues night)
Brisbane (Wed/ Thurs night)
Surf Weekend that I was supposed to do this weekend (Fri/ Sat)
Meet up with Sharpie (Sun)

Those plans are pretty loose because I may find a cool place to stay on my way up. I have all the stuff I need in Sharpie's car to go camping but I might stay in a hostel one night to meet some fellow travelers.

Having a great time, enjoying the weather. Looking forward to getting my road trip started!

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