Another week has passed us by.

We rented a car and spent a couple of days in the small towns of East Gippsland where there is a chiropractic office looking for an associated. The towns in the regions are all quite small (3000, 10 000, 20 000) but for some reason seem to lack small town charm. We did however experience some native wildlife - a herd kangaroos hopped in front of our car and flocks of cockatoos flew overhead. We also tried to go to the beach but, like usual, it was raining.

Friday we went to the Melbourne Aquarium which was nice, but not as good at the Vancouver Aquarium (which we went to a few months back). In the evening we walked to St. Kilda pier and saw the Port Philip Bay little penguin colony - they come out of the sea at night and hide in the rocks of the breakwater. We also saw many water rat swimming around by the pier. (The rats were cuter than you might imagine, not creepy like most rats.) On our walk back home we walked though Luna Park, a local amusement park. It was strangely empty.