Having a G'day! down the Great Ocean Road. (The best birthday ever!)

Ive just come back from one of the hardest days of work in my life. It was the hardest day of work, because i really didnt want to be there, because the great ocean road was soooo incredible!

But, well. Ill tell you what. Why dont i try and put things in order. Lets start with almost the most important day of the year, Friday 8th October. I had quite a good day at work, made all the better by work getting me a $50 gift voucher for a bunch of shops, and a card. I was well impressed...Australia is awesome.

For your information, not that you care, but theres $19 left on it. Its gone towards a new memory card for my camera, an american football for my drunken olympics, and a frizbee. Oh, and some food for this week..im not going to lie. The rest of the money is probably going to end up going on a massive steak, and bucket loads of beer. (well, wine. well. Goon)

Also, incidentally, did you know that Goon is the aboriginal word for 'pillow' because they would drink all 4 litres of the stuff, and then blow up the empty wine bag, and use it as a pillow.

Then i met up with paul and phoebe, and watched a band, and had a few beers round the corner at this awesome pub called the local. Then i came home at midnight, to try and get an early night, because we were all leaving for the great ocean road in the morning. Eventually, at 3am, I finally stopped people giving me beers for my birthday, and made a hasty retreat. At which time Gosbee rang me, and we chatted for an hour. So basically, I had an awesome night, but ended up with 3 hours sleep.

It didnt bother me though, i was up and ready 30mins late, but pretty much on time for 8am. A few of the others were a bit late getting up, but it was all looking good. Apart from we ended up losing my mate clare, whod gone out for HER birthday in town, and had ended up god knows where. So we didnt end up leaving till 11am in the end. It was good though..

Basically, on the 1st day, we drove up the coast, stopped off at a few places, one of them being the lighthouse from 'Round the Twist', filling a childhood ambition! :P Although, the only strange thing happening there was me...the weather was starting to look a bit so-so. still, never mind! :P

Then after that we drove up to Apollo bay to camp out for the night, and PAAARTAY!. The only minor blib being when Jenny, who was driving the other car, had it in 2nd gear all the way on automatic, and had the poor car creaking at the seams, with smoke pouring off of it! :P

But yes, apollo bay was amazing. Quite frankly, we have all just had the best weekend. When we got there, then it was quite late, and it was starting to shower, so the drunken olympics sort of went to the wind..We ended up all crammed into this 10ftx6ft barbeque shelter thing, with tunes playing over this ipod speaker dock thing, having a massive party (and a barbeque. the local shop sold loads of cheap-ish fresh local foods, so that was also incredible.) Then after we'd drank our beercoats on, then we all went down to the beach, and carried on. We did try and start a fire, but the beach was too wet, so that failed.

Lol, so on the face of it it sounds awful, but it wasnt. I (/we all) was (/were) with such a good group of people, it didnt actually matter.

Then the next day we got up, had the most amazing fry up ever...this cafe was gorgeous. And called Nauti-gals (which pretty much sold me on the idea of eating there tell the truth! :P) Then we drove up the coast, saw the 12 apostles, and then lazed around on a beach at loch ard gorge all day, before driving back tired and happy around 7ish!

It was a blinding birthday, Its a pity it doesnt really come across when you write it, but yes. Incredible.