I just got home from Melbourne, this time with a much smaller group than before. I left the Geelong Train Station with Nick, Jeff, Donald, and Scott. We headed out at about 10:30am, and arrived in Melbourne at about 11:30am. We really had no concrete plan in mind for the day, just to go in and see where the city takes us. We walked around the city and hung out for a bit in Federation Square while we waited for Risa, an international student that attends Deakin's Burwood campus. Risa, Nick, Jeff, and Scott went to the Melbourne Aquarium while Donald and I went to a screening and Q&A for the popular (and nerdy) Red vs. Blue machinima series. It was good fun, and I got to sit in a room with about 200 incredibly nerdy Australians for 2 hours.
Afterwards we met up at the Crown, a large casino on Southbank. We decided to try our hand at a little bit of gambling. I came out on top, with my overall winnings being a whole 8 dollars. It was definitely a very different experience, but it was a lot of fun, especially the fact that I paid for my dinner with the casino's money.
We had to catch the 8:30pm train back to Geelong because of classes in the morning, so we didn't get to see Melbourne at night which I am really looking forward to. There are tall marble columns lining Southbank that shoot fire upwards every once in a while, and the lights on the buildings are supposed to be spectacular. We are planning to head back within the next few weeks and possibly spending the night at the Burwood campus so we can experience a little bit of the Melbourne night life.
I've got a class tomorrow morning at 10:00am, and then I will probably spend the rest of the day hanging out on campus... And studying. Ok Mom?
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There are nerds in Australia?
OK, so I Google'd "Red vs. Blue" to find out what it was, and it sounds like you went to the equivalent of a younger version of a Trekkie convention....I would have opted for the fishies.
From your latest round of pictures, it looks like the kangaroo are even more prevalent than the white-tailed deer over here. I wonder how one would look on the wall?
I know it takes a long time to download pictures, but we all really enjoy them. You know, a picture is woth a thousand e-mails...
Creek lost last night to Oxford-Talawanda 5 - 2 in the semi-final game. Not their best game, but I think they had a good year and went farther then anyone expected.
So, you finally started classes. How is it going? I know you will do fine...
Keep having a great time down there, and keep the updates coming.
Love and miss you. Dad
Marc – I loved the kangaroos, they are so cute!
Hi Marc... Loved the kangaroos (and thanx for the language lesson "mob" of kangaroos -- I'll have to remember that if I ever get to Australia) and all of your friends look very nice -- keep the pics coming! Hope all went well in class today! Luv ya very much...
Spark – thank goodness they don’t allow guns is Australia, otherwise there would be one less kangaroo in the land down under once dad came to town. ;(
Nice picture of the kangaroos! You sound like you're doing great and enjoying Australia. Good luck with you classes and enjoy!!!
Love you, Aunt Nora
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