This last week, after recovering from some nasty jet lag we met up with Gayle ("Gayle Galye, the Croydon Girl with the mouth of a whale") who happened to be hanging around Melbourne after falling asleep on a train to Brighton. The three of us, over the last few days, have sampled the sights like a bunch of sight sampling gluttons: Picnic'ing in Melbourne botanical garden, scouring the markets for tasty grub (not grubs), soaking up the ambience of Melbourne's European-esque cafe culture and, yesterday, visiting Melbourne Zoological Park (that's what they call it, not me). It was a really nice place that had been created to suit the animals normal enviroments with the correct trees and landscape. We saw Gorillas, Orangutans, Giraffes, Wombats, Kangaroos, Lions, Tigers and Bears (oh my), Platapus, Baboons and of course
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