Friday, December 03, 2004
Day 4 in Warnambool (part 1) @ 11:13 PM
Woke up in a freezing temperature. shivering all the way. when i toked, could see steam coming outta my mouth! so i wore trousers, but still short sleeved tees. Ppl looked at me open-mouthed. haha. i generate lotsa heat, so i feel extra hot in singapore. dammit. Hectic and rushed day todae. we made our way to Tower Hill in the morn, abt a 2hr ride, after a sumptuous brekfast of bacon, eggs, baked beans... a typical American brekfast. Sumptuous! Tower Hill is an extinct volcano, quite young too. it used to be an explosive volcano when Aussie moved away from Antarctica, moving over the hot spot where New Zealand stands todae. Thus, the land around it is very rich and supports a variety of flora and fauna and farms are aplenty near the hill. It was named after that distinct metal tower standing on its peak. we were divided into groups to tour any walk we wanted. My grp chose the lava boardwalk. it strayed into the remote areas of Tower Hill, allowing us to get a very gd picture of the various sceneries of Tower Hill. @ 1 pt, andrew decided to stray from the path onto a remote path and we all followed. it led uphill to some weird place. seeing nothing, we decided to take the designated path back and managed to join back the tour in time. we then headed to a chinese restaurant called Dragon's Inn for lunch. Having had a bad experience from the first lunch in Victoria, we were dubious and wary. However, this Dragon's inn was very different. it had a fusion of modern and contemporary design, having red and black as main colours. Food was gd too. The gu lou yok, back pepper sotong etc was very fulfilling and pleasing to the tastes. Very gd fd b4 our ride to the Great Ocean Road. on the way at a village, Wayne cracked a joke: why cant the ppl at this town (cant remember the name) be buried at their own cemetary?
Coz they're still alive!
First stop: 12 apostles. once we got off the bus, the chilly wind caught us immediately. However, it wasnt so bad as we got near the cliff. the scenery was... WOAH! the apostle nearest to us was at least 15storeys tall. Aaron and i started snapping away happily. i took a darn lot of them. Couldnt stop myself. the surrounding choppy ocean which made a misty grand scene. a lot of us were admiring the waves, which are unlike those in Singapore. those waves there tower 3-4m at medium tide, which is much higher den our high-tide! our breaths were taken away by the natural scenery of Victoria... (t.b.c. I feel damn tired. still am though had lotsa sleep after getting off the plane)
he left a mark
