Tuesday was beautiful out and I had the day off of work so I decided to play tourist.
I gathered my camera, my Ipod, and some sunscreen and headed down to Southgate to catch a ferry to the historic town of Williamstown. The ferry was my favorite part of the day. The weather was amazing and it was nice to see some new scenery. And any time you stick me on a boat in the sun I'll be happy :)
Some Melbourne scenery...
Eureka Tower on the left...the tallest lookout tower in the southern hemisphere
Some cool buildings along the Yarra River
Part of the Melbourne City skyline...check out the moon!
At one point in time, our captain stopped the boat and from the back sundeck, I could see them pointing at something. I strained to see what it was but all I could see was a blob in the water. A couple minutes later, one of the crew came back for a smoke and I asked him what was in the water...I thought it may have been a shark or something. He shrugged his shoulders, glanced upwards, and said they thought it may have been a body because they very often float to the surface of the water in that area. Turns out, A LOT of people jump off this bridge to commit suicide but you never hear about any of them because the news never reports on the incidents so as not to encourage anyone else to do the same. He was very nonchalant about it all and then he told me to make sure I wear lots of sunscreen. Made me laugh.
Flinders Station to the right
I had heard Williamstown is a quaint, charming little area and had pictured it like something similar to Port Townsend in Washington. It ended up that I wasn't too impressed with the town but I loved the ferry ride and I had some good phad thai so what is there to complain about right? And I love my new camera :) Still have a lot to learn about it but it feels good to have a "real" camera to play with again.
