Finally left Melbourne

Location: Sydney Library
Weather: Sunny

One of the few things near Melbourne I haven't seen are the Dandenongs. I'm not quite sure what the Dandenongs are supposed to entail, I thought they were some mountains, but others have said they are a big national park. So the other day I woke up at 12:50pm, went outside and saw the next train to Belgrave (AKA the Dandenongs) was at 1:12pm. So I decided to catch it. Got there after about an hour and it was fairly soon after I realised there was nothing much about - well done for doing no research whatsoever and having no maps or anything! also there were no signs, just a few shops and that was about it. After several hours of walking and searching randomly I located a road that led to a forest and a smallish waterfall. It was ok, but not particularly staggering.

The next day I decided something had to change, so I booked the train to Sydney. I really enjoyed Melbourne, but I had to move on, else I would end up living there for months...possibly years. My lifestyle was becomming that of a nocturnal rockstar - getting up late in the afternoon, not doing anything except chatting to people in the hostel and then just beering, karoke-ing and/or playing pool until daybreak. Also the hostel managers decided to 'renovate' the entire social area, so we've had to sit in the kitchen with no free pool table or comfortable seats the past 2 weeks, which isn't good.

My friends Pat and Grassy Knoll were also leaving so us three along with some others went to a Mexican restaurant for a farewell dinner which was very good. We then went back to our regular 24 hour bar 'The Joint' below the hostel. Around 6am people started going to bed and since my train was at 8:30am I just stayed up. The train finally left around 9.30am and I spent most of the 12 hour trip to Sydney trying to sleep. I think I passed out for a few hours because I didn't feel too bad once I got there.

And that's the end of an era, adios Melbourne!

By JamesReed on 02.09.04 @ 07:58 AM GMT