Eureka Sky Deck

Melbourne, Australia

88 stories above the city on the Eureka Sky Deck

Phillip Island

This weekend we went to Phillip Island. It was pretty fun. Our tour guide was annoying; playing super childish music way toooo loud and talking a lot. We got to do a lot of different things. First we went to this chocolate factory which was neat. We got to write our name in chocolate and test a bunch of different chocolates. Next we went to a nature park place where was saw Koalas! 

They were so cute! Next we went to a winery and tasted a few wines and cheeses. Then off to the nobbies; on the coast of the Island. It was sooo windy! It was really pretty though.

Lastly we got to go see the penguins swim up from the ocean and walk onto land for the night. They were really cute, but it was hard to see them. Especially since a lot of the people were foreign tourists from near by countries (Asia) and were freaking out and getting in the way; standing up and pushing through people to see the penguins. It was frustrating, but we got to see some. Haha I didn't know that penguins don't have knees and that's why they waddle! It was a fun day though really tiring, but cool!

Yarra Valley Wine Tour

On saturday I got to go on a wine tour through the Yarra Valley- about an hour drive from Melbourne. It was so much fun! We went to four different wineries throughout the day. First we went to Moët and Chandon; one of the few they have. It was really pretty, and we got to taste a few sparkling wines, a few white wines, and a red. 

Then we went to three other wineries. I don't know the names of them, but they were very pretty also! and had some good wines. 

Week 2 already??

It's been over a week, ah! Things have been getting really busy since we began classes and everything. Wednesday and Thursday last week we just had classes. Nothing exciting happened. I got to go to the Zoo last friday, and saw a kangaroo! 

The zoo was pretty cool, they had giraffes, elephants, kangaroos, koalas, and a bunch of animals I'd never seen before. We also went to a Footy game! It's their football here - kind of like rugby and football combined. 

It was Melbourne vs. Richmond - a pretty close game!

This week (week two) we just had class (borrrinngg) and we started our internships yesterday, Thursday! It was scary taking the trams and train all the way down to my internship in Balaclava - a 30 minute commute by transit. It was pretty simple though and not too bad. Public transportation is huuugee here and really nice and easy to use. Everyone it seems uses the trains and trams to get to work and just around the city. I'm interning at this place called the Pegasus Group as a media relations intern. It's been good! i've been working on figuring out how they can implement social media into their company and take advantage of those tools to communicate and market. 

Tomorrow morning I'm headed off to a wine tour in the Yarra Valley, so should be fun!