the 6th week

This week was a session break, so I don't have any class.  That's why I decided to travel by myself as a backpacker.  At first, I intended to go to Adelaide and Kangaroo island to see beautiful nature.  Nevertheless, I changed the destination because my host father told me that Adelaide is not so interesting and the  flight time didn't suit my plan.  Then, I made a decision to go to Melbourne for 5 days. 

In the first day, I visited the building of "The Block".  I don't know if you know but "The Block" is a very popular Australian TV programme.  If you don't know, please go to Wikipedia.  When I found the building, I was nervous because I've seen it on TV almost everyday.  And fortunately, I could see the casts, for it was a photographing date.

I went to Great Ocean Road the second day.  It is a 250km road along the coast.   I visited Port Campbell which is a small town in Great Ocean Road by train and bus.  It took about 7 hours.  After I arrived at there, I went to Two Mile Bay and Shelly beach on foot.  It was beautiful and I decided to go to Twelve Apostles and Loch  Ard Gorge which are famous spots of Great Ocean Road the next day.

 

The third day, I had a problem.  That is there is no public transportation to go to Twelve Apostles and something like spots.   Actually, I have known the fact because my travel book says you must join a tour or rent a car to go there.  However, I couldn't give up it, so I determined to hitchhike.  I could catch a car luckily soon on the way to the destination.  Two kind men who are from Germany and Canada picked me up and took me to the places I wanted to go to.  We went around together.  The view of Rock Ard Gorge and Twelve Apostles was beyond description.  I've been seeing them with forgetting the time.
     


  


When I went back to the hostel,  I couldn't hitchhike readily.  When I did it, I had walked about 10km.  But I could find beautiful places which aren't on guide books thanks to the walking.  The sunset I saw in one of the places was the most beautiful view whole my life. 

The forth day, I came back to Melbourne city.  On the way to there, I had to stay for 2 hours in
Apollo Bay to change the bus.  The bay was very clean and quiet.  Then I tried to find a wild Koala because there are a lot of wild Koalas in the forest between Apollo Bay and Lorne according to my travel book.  As a result, I couldn't do it sadly but I'll try it again someday.   After I arrived at Melbourne city, I went to a bar.  An Aussie woman, Daniela, who picked me up and took me to my hostel the previous day when I came back, invited me to the bar she is working at.  It was Friday night, so the bar was very busy.  Regardless of it, she served me a glass of cocktail and a delicious snack.  I wanted to give her something to express my felling of appreciation.  But I didn't have such things at that time.  Therefore, I promised her that I would do something in return when she came to Brisbane or Japan. 



The fifth day, I had a cup of coffee.  Melbourne is famous for coffee.  It was so delicious and the atmosphere was fabulous.  Then I left for Brisbane by plane.







To sum up, this travel was great.  I was helped by a lot of people and I felt I have to help a lot of people when I see people who get trouble.  I think I could develop because of this.   In fact, travelling alone is not so fun during  the travel because I can't share my feeling and I feel trouble every time, yet I can get a sense of accomplishment after it and I can experience more things than travelling with friends.  To make new friends is one of them and also to deal with problems by myself.  That's why I continue to travel by myself.