kajsa goes travelling the world

Decided to have a weekend getaway. A romantic holiday ahead of us and what could be a better place than good 'ol Melbourne where those first official dates took place nearly 11 months ago.

We left Adelaide with a busy schedule in a car packed with stuff. No sleep allowed for the next few days. So many things to do!

lunch stop
Day 1:
We stopped in a city called Ballarat where Jason lived in his early childhood. We were greeted by former war heroes along the main avenue which seemed a bit drastic. But as soon as we reached the lake an idyllic town bloomed up from behind the big old 'Harry Potter alike castle'. It was like a picture from an old story-book. Our main destination though was the 'snickers' factory which we never found due to some navigation difficulties. I was in charge of the phone GPS and having years of experience in orienteering we still managed to get lost. Though we did get back on track somehow and and the navigation was taken over by the captain himself.
So an hour later we arrived at Andy's place and then drove up to meet Amanda and Sam where we were forced to skull down some of their tequila. Ben and Shelley also happened to be in town so it was dinner in the European restaurant and drinks at your choice of pub if you won the rock-paper-scissors competition;-)

me and Amanda

Andy and Jase

Day 2:
Eureka tower was one thing on our 'things to do list'. Finally arrived I dont know what part was more annoying; The fact that I am a former resident of this sky high tower and now have to spend 16$ to get up to the observation deck that was under construction while living here. Or the fact that I'm not living here anymore!?!


24 carat glass covered windows. On the 88th floor!!

After losing Andy who was in charge of the driving and phones were being left home we headed off on our own. I was gonna show Jason the one part of the whole place where you cross a bit of Nimbin with Byron Bay in an outstanding part of Melbourne: St. Kilda. clothing stores, retro, funk and modern style pubs with an amazing range of restaurants and not to mention, this is where they have cakes. Now thank someone I dont live here!!!
"Lentil as anything"; An organic vegan restaurant with the spiritual message karma. But also... Now sharpen your ears everybody: Pay as you want!!! Meaning you pay as much as you think the food is worth. Now how 'bout that?
Jason sighing in the background. He is convincing me that anything without meat is strictly not a proper meal keeping a man satisfied! I still insisted on walking by the place trying really hard to work on that 'puppy eye look'. For some reason it worked and we ended up ordering the vegetarian hot pot and the Indian curry. And who would have thought: the food was bloody excellent and having said that; feeling the goodness of karma after that wonderful taste experience (no meat), the meal was worth a fortune! ;-)

We met up Andy in South Melbourne Markets where we had difficulties walking around cause we literally rolled around like balls. (forgot to mention there was cake involved too) So we went to Smith Street to work off that enormous amount of kilojoules that would have been a normal daily dose for Elvis.
Then after all the factory outlet shopping we drove home, drove to Frankston: engagement party!

karaoke!!!

miss Finland and Sweden dancing around the 'heat pole' (we were extremely cold)

Sunday morning we woke up... Oh man. We got one redbull - fight!! Didnt take long and we were already gone and packed and clean and fresh and Great Ocean Road it is!!! :-D

On my right I see Quiksilver, Roxy, Billabong, Element and all signs of shops I absolutely adore!! Torquay it was and that was our stop where Jason found a pair of new cool shoes and where I found lots of 'could have been new cool stuff'. Try shopping with a guy! :-( hmpf.
Then it was time for the beach. Killer waves! totally awesome dude
(pictures will come later)

Australians arent finicky when it comes to the making of meatpies. Check out the size of that thing!

And the 12 apostles. Well, 7 actually. They seem to fall down every second year. They were originally named the 'Sow and Piglets'. Located near Loch Ard Gorge, the Sow was Muttonbird Island, with the piglets being the smaller surrounding rocks.
They were formed by erosion of the original coastline. The constant action of the sea on the limestone slowly wore down the rocky cliff, gradually leaving individual rocks. The cliff is still being eroded at a rate of about 2cm each year, and in the future is likely to form more 'Apostles' from the other rocky headlands that line the Victorian coastline.
<< ps. Didnt really write that




cold and windy

Racing speed heading towards Worrnambool where Jason had a surprise for me. Well, i knew we were gonna spend the night there so guessed it must have been the accommodation choice of his that was the amazing part. Which it certainly was! We stopped outside a grey little cute house and that's it. A whole house to share for the night!!! So after seeing the sunset and playing in the park (we are a weird couple). We ordered a pizza and got a bottle of red and sat in that 'vogue magazine design living room' and enjoyed watching kath and Kim. Then it was time for a spa with bubbles, red wine and strawberry cheesecake. A delightful evening in Worrnambool :-)

Check out time 11 am and we are on the road again and stopped in Port Fairy for brunch. I loved this place, not only was it next to the sea but this was like sitting in "cafe de fyra vindarnas hus" on a windy late summer morning... Mys!!! And how good was the food?!!


you're beautiful
A long drive before stopping again in a town I cant remember the name of but it had a blue lake. It was a unique attraction because the lake has formed in the vent of a recent volcano. And the limestone in it make it look blue certain times of the year. Unfortunately it wasn't high beam blue when we went (sorry Jase)

Heading towards the light in the tunnel

Another attraction ahead of us. Probably the one I've most looked forward to: The BIG RED LOBSTAH!

alright, holiday ahead here guys. A special easter coming up as well. this is the 17th easter spent here at Point Lowly for Jason and his family. And this is the last one, so lets make it special! And for you who dont know about this place scroll down a bit and you'll see some nice pictures taken during sunset. Point Lowly is near Whyalla. nearly five hours drive north east from Adelaide. I can see the water from here.. and i like it. i like it a lot! im going fishing, hell yeah!

lezz catch 'em big ones aaaight

check it out. i actually caught one

sorry mate

we like fish dont we..

pretty sunsets here

first sunset was amazing

second one was pretty damn amazing

the lighhouse

late at night..

I like the fire and the boy with the guitar. he's keeping us all entertained here (mamma det aer pojkvaennen min)

I joined some of the family traditions as well. Building a sandcastle. uhm, "castle". no structual integrity here..

Just before we are leaving the dolphin family decides to swim across

check it out. might need glasses for the extreme close up. it's just above my head there.

im driving on the "wrong side" of the road. and in the car. this is freaky..

and just before we are leaving Jason wanted a selfpic

cute

are we ready to hit the road yet?

i always wanted to join the army... uhm. not so sure if this is what its about

man what a ride! Ida, Natalie and me are on the road, with the boss, hehe, yeah the boss. Neil, our kitchen manager. so we were lucky not having to drive, cause this ride was all about some serious car commercial roads im telling ya. Lots of cozy small towns along the way and sooo many surfers. It was a lovely day as well so lots of piccies will come up here..

thats our first stop. so more is coming!

he must love his life! We do! thats oldschool duuuude

dont get me wrong! im totally against drink-driving tho!! just. hehe. c'mon!

i think Natalie spot something out.

here we are.

is that a... cigarette...?? sorry ppl! had to honour some inside humour between me and mi'mate Anne. Aelskar dej!!

we were stalking this couple just to get a good shot of their cool car. we love it!

carcommercial road

we like caaake! apollo bay bakery may i present