Campy Penguins in Melbourne October 22nd, 2009

I don’t have much time in Melbourne before I leave Australia for Asia. I decided that I need to prioritise and visit the most important sites of the city. So, I hop on one of the local tour bus’s that go by all the luxury hotels Melbourne Australia and I hopped on the first one that had the biggest line in front of it.

It was the most funniest times I’ve ever had of my trip to date. The bus, on its way to Erinsborough, was playing a DVD of all the ex-actors music releases that starred on the hit TV show Neighbours. I saw Jason , Stefan Dennis, Kylie, Delta Goodrum Craig Mclachlan and Holly Valance in all their campy glory. What was sad though, was that all the people on the bus were old enough to remember the show and sang along very happily to all the songs! This is when I realised that I actually caught the ‘Neighbours‘ tour bus!

Once the bus reached the street, I guess the street where the show was filmed, the excitement in the bus had increased exponentially. All the tourists clamoured to have their photo’s taken outside Lou’s and Harold’s house. It was really creepy actually, because it didn’t look like Ramsey street until I looked through my view finder of my camera. The tour guide had all kinds of props for the tourist to use to take the photos. Like a Ramsey street sign and a cricket bat that really only added more to the campyness of the tour. The whole tour was really beyond weird.

The other thing I decided to do was to see the fairy penguins of Phillip Island. It’s about 90 minutes south of Melbourne and is reached by a bridge. I arrive at sunset, which I hear is the best time to go, and approximately a thousand little penguins waddle our of the sea and go up on the beach to their nests in the sand dunes. They were so cute! Unbelievably cute! It was too cold, but I braved it out and I’m glad I did, because a few penguins waddled really close to me. Glad I got to experience that before I had to head out.

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