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third day in Melbourne meant it was time to get up early, and go rustle up some wheels. We rented a little something from National via Europecar, so that we could do a little road tripping. It's important to note that we were in town for the weekend of Melbourne cup, so things were marked up a little extra and probably a little busier than they should have been. The upside of Melbourne cup is that all the parties call for 1920's style dress and fancy hats for all. It was really fun to watch. The downside was that they didn't have the GPS I ordered. That of course meant I had to count on 2 bac
k seat and one passenger seat navigator, and a giant stack of maps. So we jump in the car around 9 a.m and head out towards the Great Ocean road. A stick shift convertible two seater is probably what's really called for in these types of situations, but fitting 4 large people and luggage
for 2 of them who have been traveling for 2 months doesn't really work in a car that size. Instead we depended on a large 4 seat Nissan with a surprisingly spacious trunk. So we drive, and drive and drive, and there's lively debate about how frequently to stop and take pictures. The good news for m
e: the guy behind the wheel always gets the deciding vote. We found a great little spot along the road right down by the beach to stop and have lunch. and kept moving toward the best part of the show, the
Twelve Apostles. Why cross out twelve? It turns out the ocean is a cruel mistress, and they're not all standing anymre, and you have to take the helicopter tour to see all of them at once. The ones you can see are beautiful, and worth the effort to get half way around the world for. The pictures from the beach below the cliff require one heck of a stair climb, but I won't soon forget the sight of those pillars and the sounds of the waves crashing against the rocks and echoing of the cliff wall. I'ts really a spectacular place. Once we got out to the London Bridge area, we decided to work our way back towards Melbourne. It was almost uneventful, except for the DUI check
point we got stopped in. I'm not sure what convinced me to skip beers with lunch, because I always have a drink with a meal while traveling, but you should have seen the look on the officers face when I blew a zero. He looked like the saddest little puppy. He must have figured he'd scored himself a nice batch of tourists to intimidate or charge, and instead had to forlornly wave me through the checkpoint. I knew I'd had nothing to drink, but I
won't lie, I was still real nervous. When we got back to melbourne it was late, and we had trouble finding anything good to eat, so we ended up buying up a bunch of food, including some barbecue pork buns, and having dinner at the apartment.
third day in Melbourne meant it was time to get up early, and go rustle up some wheels. We rented a little something from National via Europecar, so that we could do a little road tripping. It's important to note that we were in town for the weekend of Melbourne cup, so things were marked up a little extra and probably a little busier than they should have been. The upside of Melbourne cup is that all the parties call for 1920's style dress and fancy hats for all. It was really fun to watch. The downside was that they didn't have the GPS I ordered. That of course meant I had to count on 2 bac
k seat and one passenger seat navigator, and a giant stack of maps. So we jump in the car around 9 a.m and head out towards the Great Ocean road. A stick shift convertible two seater is probably what's really called for in these types of situations, but fitting 4 large people and luggage 
for 2 of them who have been traveling for 2 months doesn't really work in a car that size. Instead we depended on a large 4 seat Nissan with a surprisingly spacious trunk. So we drive, and drive and drive, and there's lively debate about how frequently to stop and take pictures. The good news for m
e: the guy behind the wheel always gets the deciding vote. We found a great little spot along the road right down by the beach to stop and have lunch. and kept moving toward the best part of the show, the 
point we got stopped in. I'm not sure what convinced me to skip beers with lunch, because I always have a drink with a meal while traveling, but you should have seen the look on the officers face when I blew a zero. He looked like the saddest little puppy. He must have figured he'd scored himself a nice batch of tourists to intimidate or charge, and instead had to forlornly wave me through the checkpoint. I knew I'd had nothing to drink, but I 
won't lie, I was still real nervous. When we got back to melbourne it was late, and we had trouble finding anything good to eat, so we ended up buying up a bunch of food, including some barbecue pork buns, and having dinner at the apartment.
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