Decided to get out of the city today with my besty and explore Philip Island. Neither of us had been there and it was a nice sunny public holiday to head out. Today is Melbourne Cup Day and so the whole state has the day off...silly I think to have a day off work for a horse race that only goes for one lap...but that's the Aussies for you. Philip Island is about 1.5 hours drive south of here, and has some well known surf beaches. We took off and went for it, stopping at Nobbies Rocks for some photos, then to Cowes for lunch b the sea, and then to the south of the island again to watch the surfers for awhile. The water was cold, so I only dipped my toes in, but the sun was warm, as was the sand, so we hung out for a bit before fat drops of rain began to fall..and packed up our shit and headed for home, stopping at the Chocolate Factory for some sweets. Made it back in time to catch the race on the radio - my friend had placed some bets, and early enough that I didn't catch the traffic from the cup as it's in the next suburb to me so gets super busy when the race wraps up.
