Australia: Apollo Bay

Work has sucked all the creative energy and comedic juices out of me. All I am able to write in this week's entry is that we spent a romantic weekend at Apollo Bay. After a humorously bad start (we didn't even know how to get to the highway), we made it down the four-hour long drive on the [wrong side of the] scenic but windy Great Ocean Road along the Indian Ocean shore. After I recovered from car sickness, we checked into our studio apartment hotel and took a long stroll on the beach (I know - so cliche). We ate the best octopus of our life at the famed Chris's Beacon Point Restaurant sitting atop some cliff over Bass Strait and watched the sunset against a backdrop of pillowy pink skies. The next morning we hiked a portion of the Great Ocean Walk, picnicked at Johana Beach, and were lucky enough to catch the cutest little kaola bear wandering around. Justin was tempted to make a kaola rug out of him. Fantastic weekend. Enjoy the pictures (check out the crazy signs of all the animals that we don't have back home). The end.

Aussie Phrase of the Day:
Shrimp on the barbie: grilling shrimp on the barbeque.
Example: How about another shrimp on the barbie?
(I am kidding. Sorry but I am so lazy and tired that I can't even think of a proper Aussie phrase to teach you. Aussies don't even say that here - they call shrimp "prawns". I promise I'll be much better next week.)