My wonderful day...

I think Ive had a really good day.
I did my laundry today. Yay!! No wearing pants inside out and back to front! Have you seen those industrial tumble dryers? Wowee...super efficient. They dried everything I own (well nearly) in 20 minutes. Guess what i want for my birthday?? (only kidding). After encountering the wonders of modern technology, I went for coffee with someone who until 24 hours ago I didn't know existed, and until 8 hours ago I wouldn't have called a friend. I happened to post on a website that I was feeling a bit lonely in Melbourne, and would you believe that someone offered to meet me? I met Jac at her offices and had a lovely hour chatting about life in Melbourne and how its much nicer here than back home, and definitely nicer here than in Sydney! She only emigrated out here with her other half in October so it was nice to see that perspective of life down under.

It was a quick lunch, then off to join my afternoon tour. Top marks go to Sue Corke for guessing correctly that I went on the Official Neighbours tour. It was really cool. We went to see the school where they film, the backlot of the studios where the garage is, as well as obviously the street itself. They have security guards outside the homes to make sure the residents don't get too disturbed by the antics of (predominantly British) tourists. We even got to meet Dr Karl Kennedy. How cool is that??!!! He comes across as a really nice guy, who loves to meet the fans, although he really was a flirt with the laayyyyydies!! We were also supposed to meet someone else hmmmm...I think it was Carmella, but I can't be sure, but she was busy doing interviews. We even got to find out some little secrets about whats coming up in the show. For those of you that watch it, I'm not gonna spoil anything, but I will say that there are a lot of people leaving. There are marriages, deaths and some "interesting" storylines coming up. Look...me with Dr K!!

Anyway, now I've shocked you all with how sad I really am, I'll bid you farewell. Farewell for now, and farewell from Australia. Its been....real. Ive got some great memories from this country to add to those from New Zealand, and the US. Just one place left...Tokyo. I'm as nervous about going here as I have been doing anything on this trip. I don't speak the lingo, the culture is so different, and I'm about a foot taller than the average person, so I should blend in beautifully!

Catch ya later