Salamanca Place Car Lot

The Superb Fairy Wren

A wave at Wine Glass Bay

More cake walking

Well, we are back...whew. What a flight: about 30 hrs in transit and 25 in airplanes.

On our last night we walked out to the end of the St. Kilda Pier and on to the jetty. We were waiting for the little (aka fairy) penguin young to come out of their nests in anticipation of arriving parents. Instead we were greeted by an underwater bow wave coming at us at high speed and out pops an adult penguin from underwater and onto a rock near where we were standing. What a great way note to leave on.

Here is the bakery photo I promised. Don't go to Melbourne in order to lose weight! Send me an email request if you want to drool over the high-res version. (This may give new meaning to the phrase 'eye candy'.)

The Cake Shop

25 Hours in Airports and Planes

We made it home late last night after a marathon trip. First a 4 hour delay in Melbourne due to air conditioning problems. The delay was so long that the plane then had to make an unscheduled trip (with us in it) to Sydney to pick up a new crew. Then back to a scheduled stop in New Zealand and another wait and to Los Angeles and another wait. But we saw a lot of movies. All in all it was a wonderful vacation.

Cake walk in Melbourne

Cake shops are a big deal here in Saint Kilda (a beach suburb of Melbourne). They are so pretty to look at and there are not many places in the world where one can see so many calories in one place. Sometimes I refrain from buying, other times...well, you know...

A Malaysian gentleman laughed at me taking this picture (see below). “You take picture and then just look”. I replied “Certainly, that way I don't get fat”. He laughed louder.

Our connection won't allow image uploads - I will send a photo of a cake shop window later.

Our hall at the Tolerno

Aren't the colors fabulous?