Birthday Fun!

What a great weekend!! I had a fantastic birthday, in Melbourne, even if the sun did not shine until the evening! Its making up for it today and there is not a cloud in the sky, so was cool to ring home this morning, be my birthday at home still, the next day here and the sun be shining!

Before I update you all on the past week (where has it gone again!!) I completly forgot to share my Neighbours Tour experience with you all! (Thanks Dad for pointing this out!) I think I just got caught up in all the excitment! It was brilliant and a couple of weeks ago now..but got to go to the street, the school and then the studio set of Lassiters...was fantastic, although everything looked so small! How they turn round at the top of that street as they drive away, i will never know, thats a skill in itself!!

Last week just seemed to fly by and so I can finish off my sightseeing this week, I just spent the time when I was not working, getting ready for the next couple of weeks, doing the boring jobs as I dont really want to spend my time in Sydney toilletrie shoppeing etc!! Also apparently a big hat is a necessity in the outback and so I managed to pick a bargain of one for $3 the other day...im really not fussed what it looks like...it will be a life saver and it was cheap...so thats all that matters!

So, the birthday celebrations actually started on Saturday (in true Eley style...obviously its a birthday weekend and not just a day!! :-) ) I booked a pedicure with my birthday money and had visions of floating down to this nice spa i had found in my sunnies and thongs (flip flops!) and all being very chilled! It couldnt have been any more opposite if it tried....hailed storms and 10 degrees...literally!! I thought my poor little toes were going to drop off on the way I had to come back and get my traines, the roads were flooded and I didnt even think I was going to get there! But I did and it was all very chilled out once I was there and then i bought a birthday dress (complete bargain...and the shopping here is to die for!!) and it was the last one in my size...fate...obviously!!!

On Sunday evening we went out for dinner for the first time since we left San Francisco and it was amazing! I cant believe how excited I was to be going out for dinner! Its not like we have eater badly, at all, but it was just wonderful, and I will never take it for granted again! We went to a nice Italian on Southbank in the Casino complex and then went into the casino after, had a few goes on the slot machines, won $7 and had cocktails!! I have never been in a casion like that before, it was like something out of Oceans 11 and how i imagine Vegas to be!

Yesterday (birthday day!) was just great! I got the day off work (for free as it was my birthday!!) and Jen had overtime to use up so they let her have it off as well! It was the first day we had spent together in nearly 3 weeks and was lovely! After a lazy picnic breakfast....

We ventured out to one of the suburbs which we had not made it to yet called Brunswick...def the grungier side of town, but very cool shops, cafes (as always here!) and a couple of cool cd shops to!

Then instead of lunch out we decided to go for fondut....welll it was amazing....are you jealous yet....!!! Plus my hot chocolate was orange flavoured and it was the most amazing thing i have ever tasted, with melted chocolate around the glass...so that everytime you had a sip, you got chocolate round your mouth :-)

I slipped into conversation it was my birthday, to justify this pigging out!! And i got a free chocolate frog, so I decided to go for a white chocolate frog, milk orange hot chocolate and dark chocolate fondut...Louise you would have been proud...and I wish you could have been there!!! Heaven!

So after all this excitment we still had the neighbours night to come, which was full of cheese, but a classic backpacking Brits abroad night! No Dr Karl as he is in the UK doing Panto but replaced with Paul Robinson!!! The funniest guy ever, he really cant sing to save his life, was quite entertaining! But we met Boyd, Janae and the Fitzgerald Brothers....brilliant!! One of the best birthdays ever and I cant believe how much we did and for once it seemed like it went on forever!!

So thats it! This time next week we will just have got off the night bus and will be in Adelaide! I am sooo excited to be moving on now and really looking forward to it, although I will miss my weekly Tuseday market trips!

I have to go now, but will check in at the end of the week, before we pack our bags and carry on on our travels!

Love to all!

E xxxx