I flew from Hobart back to Melbourne and Tasmania didn’t seem to want me to leave. My flight was delayed about an hour and then when we boarded some girls sat in the wrong seats and threw off the headcount, so we sat in the plane for about another 30 minutes while the crew figured out the problem.

I finally got checked into the hostel in Melbourne at around 1:30 am. I spent most of the day catching up on journaling and blogging after my trip to Tasmania. I think if I ever did decide to move here permanently, Hobart would be my home, at least right now.

The one thing I didn’t do in Melbourne the first time around, was go to the observation deck at the Eureka Skydeck. It’s the highest observation deck in the Southern Hemisphere at 88 stories. The elevator travels from the ground floor to the top in just 38 seconds. I wanted to go at night, so once the sun began to set, I headed for the tower.

I really can’t stand small, crowded tourist, spaces not because of claustrophia or anything, but because so many people are so inconsiderate and act like they are the only ones around. I blew in and out of the skydeck in 20 minutes (so $1 a minute is what I paid to get in) and the whole time I just wanted to kick people out of my way.

The views were spectacular. The pictures are ok because of glare from lights on the windows. Not really sure what happened here, but this is probably my favorite picture from up on the deck….

So that was my very short, not so exciting return to Melbourne. In the morning, I was off on a 3 day tour of the Great Ocean Road and The Grampians on my way to Adelaide.