Serve's Up

Forrest and I dueled out some tennis at Rod Laver tennis complex show court #1 where the Australian Open is every year.
This is at the "Breakaways" where the sea used to come up to. As we headed further south we saw a lot of dried up lake beds full of salt- we figured those were left by the receding sea as well.
Two beauties in this pic:
1. Our '91 Ford Falcon Station Wagon
2. Ayer's Rock (not to scale- the rock is much bigger)
We found this place in the middle of the night in search if Pimba. This is us trying to sleep on the top of the station wagon. When we woke up the next morning we realized the camp site butted up to a dried out lake bed used for ammunition and bombing tests.
We found this place after we woke up in Portland, Australia. It is reffered to as Yellow Rock and is a surfer haven in this small town.

I have been in Melbourne for the past few days. I get up in the morning and walk around the city and by afternoon find a grassy park to take a nap. Today we walked around, played tennis at the Rod Laver Arena and then took a nap in the Royal Botanical Gardens. Backpacking is tough.

It's interesting, traveling and seeing sights and meeting new people is a most awesome time and I would not trade this experience. I would also never trade my times at home though- like going to Sonny's with family and friends after a ballgame. Mmmmm BBQ.