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December 3rd 2017
Published: December 6th 2017
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I am on the road again after a quick break in Singapore. This time, I am back in Australia, my second-to-last stop on this extension of the Midlife Crisis Flashpacking Trip. When I decided to extend my travels, I contacted my friend Trixie, thinking she might want to make a trip we had discussed in the past - driving from Darwin to Adelaide. She nixed it because it would be too hot and expensive. ... Read Full Entry



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Chinatown.
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Staying dry inside the fountain.
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The trees in this park had these sheaths to prevent animals from climbing.
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Mural at the Emergency Services building. It was anachronistic and homoerotic at the same time.
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Eating breakfast. Photo credit: T. Tan.
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Clever pun at a Vietnamese restaurant.
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A chocolate factory/shop along the road. A sign outside promised Oompa Loompas. All I saw were these workers. Disappointed.
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Kangaroos at the chocolate factory.
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Split Point Lighthouse.
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Coastline at Split Point Lighthouse.
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Split Point Lighthouse. Stop Adani is a movement to stop a new mine in Queensland.
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Me playing on a zipline at a playground. I can’t imagine this at a US playground for fear of liability. Photo credit: T. Tan.
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Apollo Bay. Oh yes, I’m in Australia all right. I didn’t try this.
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Some wiseass tampered with this road sign.
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A lookout along the coast.
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A lookout along the coast.
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Wallaby at The Twelve Apostles



6th December 2017

Did you bring the rain with you?
I was thinking of you when Victoria and Tasmania got lashed with a whole summer's worth of rain in one day! Glad you escaped it by heading west. I like the sound of Robe, and will have to check it out when we are next in that part of the country. Did your Australian friends giggle when you said you were 'rooting' for the English team? Means something totally different in Aussie slang... (but then again your friends probably don't have a juvenile sense of humour like me) :)
6th December 2017

“Rooting”
I didn’t say “rooting” in my conversations with my friends. In any case, they’re nowhere as juvenile as you are :-)
8th December 2017

Great Ocean Road
Really great photos of the Great Ocean Road, what stunning scenery! And I love the photo too of the wallaby in the bushes. I've enjoyed reading about your road trip from Melbourne to Adelaide :)
5th January 2018

Thanks!
The Great Ocean Road was on my list. I can check it off now. My next great Aussie trip would probably to take the Ghan from Darwin to Adelaide, but I'll reserve that for when I'm older.

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