back in Melbourne
Well I’m back in my hostel in Melbourne now, it practically feels like home. I’ve spent the last 4 days in Hobart, not finding much to do except belatedly celebrating St Patricks day Saturday night with my 2 Irish travel partners, drinking exclusively Guinness for the night.
After that I didn’t get up to much of anything, I saw pretty much what there was to see in Hobart on my first couple days there when I flew in. So I’ve basically been sitting around the hostel the last couple days, avoiding spending money unnecessarily. The hostels in Tasmania we had been staying in have largely been good, but the one in Hobart was the exception. I had to move rooms because the staff didn’t know what’s going on, the kitchen sucked and the whole place was full of the strangest sorts of people… Today when I got to my hostel in Melbourne I was welcomed back by the owner and given a free beer, that’s more like it!
I’m back here for a week, F1 grand prix on Sunday followed by the Who in concert, and then I’m flying to Perth next week. As of today I have exactly 7 weeks left in Australia and after Melbourne it is split 50/50 between West and East coasts with a couple days in Adelaide in between. I really can’t wait to see the coasts after hearing people talk about them for the last 3 months here, but I’m not really looking forward to the travel scene to come, especially on the East coast. The stuff to see sounds amazing but it seems like such an over backpacked route that I’m not looking forward to the madness of just traveling up the coast there. I’m sure everything is still great to see up in Queensland though, it’s over traveled for a reason.
That’s enough for now, I have one week here to chill out in Melbourne and party it up at the grand prix on Sunday before hitting the road again. This will pretty much be the last week I’m not ‘traveling’ for the rest of this trip (except a week back in the UK in June). The 6 months I have left will be the longest stretch of continually being ‘on the road’ of the trip and I keep on anticipating the places I have left to see more and more.
Tags: Australia, In-RTW, Travel
Adam
Just discovered your blog and plan to return. The husband and I have a dream of taking the kids around the world someday. I’m sure that your experiences will be educational and interesting. Safe Travels!!