Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nature. Show all posts

Monday, December 15, 2008

Road trip

I had a Japanese blogger friend visit me this weekend. The reason he was in the country was to go to a conference about his exciting new tool for street fashion websites (he studies computer science) which isn't finished yet but it is set to revolutionise the field. His name is Toshi and his blog is the Japanese Street Report where he compiles images of current trends. See he is an "otaku" which means someone who is obsessed with something, like anime, or train spotting...well Toshi's obsession is street fashion. So it was really interesting to have him around because we both have the same obsession.

Anyway on his first night I took him down to St Jeromes and while there we met this girl Emily, from Geelong who is on THE SAME FLIGHT as me to Tokyo in February, her first trip overseas. What a coincidence hey? Anyway she ended up suggesting we hire a car on Friday and head down the coast. Toshi was only here for 3 days so it was an opportunity to see the "many beautiful natures" that Australia is famous for. So Emily stayed over and in the morning we hired a car....not so easy though as Emily is 22 and on her P's so they wouldn't let her hire the car, so we had to use Toshi's licence to get the car and he was meant to do all the driving...Well getting the car out of the parking space was scary enough with Toshi's driving (he has only driven twice before) so Emily drove the rest of the way. Lol naughty us.

Oh and the whole time Toshi was here it RAINED! It never ever rains in Melbourne, and not for 3 days straight!

Photobucket
Toshi and Emily at the beach.

Photobucket

Photobucket
We saw WILD Kangaroos! Toshi didn't believe us when we said we probably see some on the way, he thought we were lying, haha Toshi we were telling the truth!

Photobucket
Toshi Posing in front of a public toilet.

Photobucket
He was very impressed by this tree.

Photobucket
I look like crap.

Photobucket
We saw a WILD Echidna

Photobucket
The "Round the Twist" Light House...and a Big M I didn't notice before, lol.

Photobucket
Beautiful nature.

Photobucket
The waterfall in Lorne.

Photobucket
The River Tea House in Lorne.

Photobucket
Where we had Devonshire tea.

Back to nature



Lots to blog about my amazing weekend but no time tonight. Isn't Australia beautiful though?