I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy. Come on, Squishy Come on, little Squishy.
Ow. Bad Squishy, bad Squishy.
NEMO

Well, enjoying Melbourne so far. It has been seriously hot...but it rained for some of yesterday and for this morning so far.

We have not done all that much - we have the neighbours tour and the great ocean road tour to do over the next wee while - other than that we have been attempting to figure out what our plan in Oz in - do we work, where shall we work, when shall we work...so many questions and so few answers at the moment.

Yesterday we did go into Melbourne - a pretty place...with lots of things to do - we did see where the tennis was last week and we are probably going to go and see some cricket this evening.
Been hanging out with our room mates a fair amount at the moment - Dan from England and Ted from the Netherlands. They are good chat - we play cards and drink beer...

Since we are right next to the beach we decided to go swimming yesterday evening. So off we went - we got there and I saw jelly fishes...so I was a little scared about going in - I was not convinced that jelly fish are a good thing to go swimming with. But the boys were all in and I thought well if they have not been stung so far then I would be ok...
So I went swimming (the water was not too deep we could still touch the bottom)...and then I felt it - a horrible sting on my back...
don't panic Fi, don't panic..."I've just been stung by a jellyfish"...and so I swam (probably better than I have ever swum) back to the shore...managing to keep my panic at bay...
we went to the nearest cafe who seemed so not worried about the whole thing - apparently they get people all the time and were happy to give me some vinegar to put on the sting to neutralise it...oh man it was seriously sore :(
BUt I have lived to tell the tale - nothing has fallen off, I am still in one piece and the chemist said there was nothing better than using vinegar...
So I survived my first meeting with nature in Australia - and to be honest I think it will take me a while to go swimming in the sea again!

Bad jelly fish - they certainly are not my squishy!!