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January 19, 2006
Driving across Victoria
Today was a long day in the car. All in all we were driving more than 11 hours but we got to see some beautiful Australian countryside.
One thing that we enjoyed was listening to the Australian Open on the radio. It has just started in Melbourne but Venus Williams has already been knocked out of the tournament. As we drove through the middle of Melbourne listening to a very exciting match where an Aussie was in the process of upsetting another player and could see the actual stadium it felt like we should stop and join the excitement.
By the time we reached Lorne it was nearly 10:00pm and we didn't have a reservation at a hotel. A few places were full but we found owner who had to fill a vacancy as someone had canceled on him last minute. It was a bit out of our price range but he said if we would stay two nights he would cut charge us a one room rate, even though it is a two bedroom condo with a kitchen. The discounted rate was right in line with our guidebook's prices so I think we got lucky.
By the time we checked in every restaurant in town had closed their kitchen. The bar at the end of town took pity on us and brought out a cheese appetizer plate for us and I got the rest of my calories off two beers. Tomorrow I'll eat a big breakfast to make up for it.
Posted by Peter Mork at January 19, 2006 10:29 PM
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