Nadi, Fiji 29.1.2015
We landed in Melbourne expecting +45 degrees and sun as it was during the previous week. We arrived and it was raining and +17 degrees!
We decided to find accomodation for the first time on our trip through Couchsurfing. Jordan was so kind to let us stay at his place. It took a while for us to find a place to stay but happily we got to experience 'real' life in Melbourne in a suburb called Thornbury.
After Asia, Australia felt so easy. Everything was easy to organise and services worked as promised. The price level shock began already at the airport when using the airport shuttle, AUS$18 per person to the city centre.
We met there our Finnish friend Krista who is now living in Australia through working holiday. We enjoyed good food and beer and the Great Ocean Road with a rented car. We were told Melbourne has its own microclimate that was surely unpredictable. The view almost anywhere was always beautiful and the ocean so powerful.
The Great Ocean Road was possible to drive in one day but prepare for sitting in the car for most of the time. We had bad luck with the weather so we didn't stop continuosly to swim even the beaches were so nice. We also spotted wild koalas just next to the road, they were so cute! We drove until the 12 apostoles and back. We stopped a few times, for looking at the view, koalas and for food and coffee.
The city was cute and we saw wild opossums in centre parks and penguins living just on Melbourne pier. It was also very good for shopping and visits in nice cafeterias. Especially the area of Fitzroy and Brunswick were hipster, Kallio's hipsters don't even compete in the same league.
We enjoyed the city life and walked a lot around. And last but not least we visited AC/DC Lane!
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