Bendigo, Victoria

A lot has happened and I haven't had the time nor the opportunity to write.  So this will be a quick little appetizer.  The full entree will come in a few days once I'm back (again) in Melbourne.  So after calling around 30 WWOOFing hosts looking for a place, I finally found one.  Only problem was it was out near the place Giulia and I just left.  So we decided not to take that.  Instead, Giulia wanted to travel on her own a bit and try to find a job in Adelaide.  That was a bummer to lose my travelling companion.  It was fun having someone to hang around with.  I thought it'd be nice to visit Tasmania, so after checking flights I found a round trip flight for around $100.  Which was awesome.  Only it wasn't for another 2 weeks.  I could spend 2 weeks and around $350 in hostel fees bumming around Melbourne, or I could find a trail to spend the time on.  I found a trail.  I left on January 18th to hike the Great Dividing Trail from Ballarat to Bendigo.  The Trail is 190km, ~ 118 miles.  I had 11 days to do it in, so it wasn't too tough.  But it was an adventure.  I'll blog all about it once I'm in Melbourne.  This will have to hold you over for another couple days.