The 14th

Valentine's Day. Yes. Nothing all too romantic going on for me today.

Instead, Pippi's boyfriend Peter took us out to brunch at a nice place in Elwood, which is the suburb Pippi is in. It was quite nice. Then Pippi and Peter ran away, because Peter's trying to buy this townhouse in Frankston, and they were going to be late, so they let my mom and I.

We lingered in the cafe for a bit longer, and I took some pictures.

I took a picture of this tree, because what is more Australian than a gum tree?

Then I took a more general picture of the roundabouts.

Roundabouts are everywhere here, and they'll all backwards as you go around them to the left. Still haven't really gotten used to the other side of the road. It does take a while to get over the feeling that you're going to crash the car everytime you turn right.

I also took a picture of this sign indicating that we must watch out for pedestrians! Because the light part is sideways. I thought that was neat.

After brunch, my mom and I walked back to Pippi's house and then decided to track down the beach. We knew it was a five minute walk, we just weren't sure in which direction. So we took a guess.

Here's me amongst a bunch of palm trees that we passed on the way.

We made it! But as you can see, we aren't at the beach part. But look, the ocean! Well, really the bay if you want to be technical.

It's rocky.

Here's downtown a little bit further down the bay. It was a hazy day, but luckily you can still make it out.

No collecting sea shells!

My feet. In the water! Still at the rocky part.

We found the beach!

Then we started to make our way back. My mom and I thought this tower looked sort of like a nutcracker, though it's not.

A playground.

Notable because of the built in shade that's over the playground equipment. Shade and not getting too much sun is a big issue here, due to the whole lack of ozone thing. Water conservation is also a HUGE issue as we're in a rather massive drought at the moment. But that is a topic for another entry.

Here is a rather interesting part of construction on Pippi's street.

To end the day, Pippi gave her dog Jock a bath. It was fun.