what's up?

just last week the Aucklanders came to visit us in Melbourne. we weren't very good tour guides. the whole idea was to bring them around and bring ourselves around because as i said before, we haven't actually explore Melbourne. first night, brought them to eat some Malaysian dinner at Chilli Padi. then the next day, since they were sick because of the changing weather, we just brought them around the city. walked for quite a distances that day itself, from walking around the city to the alleys to docklands to crown then back home by tram. the next day, we were suppose to go to the dandenongs to take a ride on the ever famous "puffing billy". it's actually a steam train that runs through the forest or probably go to some of the gardens that's popular in that area. the day started of with rain and showers but we took a train there. because we wanted to pack lunch and everyone was taking their own sweet time, by the time we reach belgrave, it was already 1 pm. know what? the last schedule for the "puffing billy" was at 12.30pm. since we were there, we wanted to know if there's anything else we could do to catch the train along its way, then the lady there told us to take a bus from across the street to go to one of train station go we can catch it back. off to the bus stop we went. and the bus was supposed to be there at 1.05pm. so not only did we miss the steam train, we missed the bus too. now, we're not only stranded under the rain in somewhere far away from the city but we didn't have any back up plans. so we discuss and stuff and someone came up with this "brilliant" plan to go the dandenong national park. so off we went to another station to go to the national park. when we reached there, we went to this information counter and the ladies were helpful enough to point out the trails that we could take. then took some brochures and stuff. there was it, the name of the places where the nice gardens were located. argh! if only i had knew earlier! it's so hard to plan things spontaneously in a secluded area like that because public transport comes every hour or so. wonder why they call us the "melbourne kids"? so instead we went mountain hiking and climbing up steps in a muddy forest. well, to me it was ok because the journey back down was fun but i don't know about the rest. then last friday, we decided to drive to great ocean road. a friend underestimated the whole journey and in the end we reach the 12 apostles slightly past sunset. so we were only able to see the shilouttes of the stones. the moon was bright though, and there were plenty of stars! anyways, can't believe it...it's already been one week since their visit. and in three more days, a new semester is going to commence. and just a few days ago i was busy researching about skiing and stuff but apparently plan failure. it's not that i plan late or anything, it's just that at this time of the month, everyone is broke. it's either their really broke or their just giving reasons because they don't want to spend that much money. but since not enough people to go with, plan postponed until further notice. this would actually be the last weekend where the price is shoulder peak and next week onwards, peak season prices apply for most of the skiing resort. then tomorrow, some of my friends are going for an OCF camp, so is my hommie. how to spend the last few days of holidays?