Goodbye to Australia

Well, I didn't get to go on my tour (not enough people) so I pretty much relaxed and hung out on the roof-top padio on Tuesday. Yesterday was packed. I headed to Saint Kilda beach for a couple hours, then headed downtown to meet up with Brook, who lived accross from us in cluster. He was on an exchange to UVic and is now working on his phD in Melbourne. It was really good to get a visit in and catch up on a ton of things going on in everybodies lives. We just went and hung out at the Botanical Gardens. He was trying to convince me that Australia is really not as dangerous as I have in my mind. Ok, seriously - very deadly spiders and snakes, sharks, all kinds of evil things. Anyways, then back to the hostel to get ready for the Lion King. Wow, what a show. The costumes were amazing, and I still love the songs from that movie. My favourites were Rafiki, the three hyenas and Timon and Pumba. They were awesome. The animals in the first scene, wow - especially the elephants and giraffes. It was great. Then I headed back to a pub to meet a bunch of people from the hostel. A bunch of us all left Melbourne today, so it was kinda a goodbye for everybody. I only got one drink in while everyone was still there, then it was down to just Mike, Anne and I, but still that was good. Back at the hostel, Mike, Tristan and I stayed up watching tv and chatting, nice to have found a group to be with, and sad to leave them. Ah well, whenever I go to the UK I will have so many people to stay with. Anyways, today was a very early morning and then off to the airport. I am now in Christchurch, kinda reorganizing, reacquainting myself with NZ and getting the next leg of my trip organized. Off to Hanmer Springs tomorrow, should be good! PS, it's cold in New Zealand!