Dingdongs Re-visited

You know we all remember our vacations for different things.

Some of us for the stupendous scenery. Others for the people we've met or the souvenirs we bought. And sometimes, holidays are remembered for all the things that have gone wrong.

But good or bad, nothing can take away the experience. And be it a funny, sad, romantic or downright quirky one, it is peculiar and somewhat personal to the individual.

I will remember my recent trip for...

The Scissor Sisters. A driving holiday is usually defined by one radio song that perks you up while you are eating up those kilometres and we were quite enamoured with I Don't Feel Like Dancing by this New York band that borrows its sound from the 70's Disco/Glam-Rock/Gay-Club scene.

Sitting in the freezing cold at dusk with a furry blanket wrapped around our heads watching cute little 30cm-tall Fairy Penguins walking up Summerland Beach from the ocean to their nesting ground on Phillip Island.

Having yummy Thai food that really tasted home-cooked 2 days in a row in the middle of the Blue Mountains.

Driving almost 900km non-stop from Sydney to Melbourne and having to navigate an unfamiliar but beautiful city at night to our hotel

Coming to within 20km of U2 and not getting tickets to see them live =/

Arriving at a Police Station in the middle of the night to ask for directions to our motel in Narooma only to have the friendly officer flip his street-directory and give us the wrong location. Its really a small town with about 8 main streets and I shudder at the thought of having to dial 999 in an emergency here.

Getting car-sick from my own driving along the very windy Great Ocean Road. Lucky we didn't puke on the 12 Apostles cos that would be a sin =))

Freezing literally in the middle of Sydney's Harbour Bridge clad only in a thin Polo-T and jeans trying to take a decent shot of the Opera House way down below.

Watching Adverts,Talk-shows and old re-run movies on Australian TV.

Chasing a rotund Koala Bear on the ground for a photo I never succeeded in taking.

Seeing a Koala Bear sit in the middle of the road stopping traffic. I mean Sheep, Cows, Kangaroos yes, but Koalas? =))

Coffee and Cigarettes. And I mean LOTS!

Quiksilver, Billabong, ROXY, RipCurl, O'Neill and Stussy in the SurfShop Mecca they call SurfCity in Torquay. And I don't even surf!

Getting a A$450 pair of CK jeans for 80 bucks at Paddy's Market

Falling asleep whilst driving at 160km/h, only waking up to slow down for the speed cameras =O

Canberra's wierd but totally original and unique Australian National Museum.

Sydney's Vega FM95.3