I was waiting at the lights the other day and thought the look out of the car window would make for a good photo. The cars you see lined up are waiting to do a hook turn.

For those who don’t know, a hook turn is a right turn made from the left side of the road. The cars queue up in the left lane when the traffic lights are green and then proceed to turn right once the light turns red or amber. These turns are common in the Melbourne CBD to improve the flow of through-traffic where otherwise cars would be waiting in the right lane to turn right blocking through-traffic and trams.

Oh and in Australia cars drive on the left side of the road in case you were thinking all this doesn’t sound quite right.

I was parked on Lonsdale Street in Melbourne last week waiting for my girlfriend to finish work and thought I’d take a few random photos of my surroundings.

Trying not to look too much like a tourist I snapped away at whatever caught my eye. I pretty much just ended up with a few boring photos of the street, buildings and cars. I reckon the photo here is the best of the bunch. Haha just one of my attempts at trying to be artistic.

As some of you already know I’m now back in Melbourne. After super fun and interesting year in Vietnam I decided it was time to head back home. It was sad to say goodbye to all the great friends I had made in Vietnam but at the same time I’m excited and enthusiastic about beginning the next chapter of my life in Melbourne with my great friends and family.

To all the people I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to in Vietnam, I wish you all the best and hope to see you when I head back there for a holiday which will most likely be early next year some time.

So yeah, with that I’ll leave you with a photo of an spectacular sunset I took from my apartment in Binh Thanh district in my final weeks in Vietnam. Man, I’m sure going to miss that view.

Well it’s nearly time for me to head back to Vietnam again. It’s now been a bit over two weeks since I arrived here. From Huy and Chi’s wedding to just kicking back with the guys I’ve enjoyed every single moment of it. I’m a little sad to go back but having Nghia and Tu come up with me to Vietnam for a holiday definitely makes it a lot easier. I guess I’m now ready to begin the final leg of my Vietnam working holiday before I head back to Melbourne this July. I’ve got to make sure I make the most of it!

Anyways, here are a few random shots of Melbourne I took on this trip.

Yep, it was good old Footscay Pub again. Seems like it’s starting to become a tradition now that the night before anyone heads overseas they spend their last night getting wasted there. Good food and reasonably priced booze. A combination that just can’t be beat. So yeah, that’s what we did.

Anyways, as usual the guys got me totally trashed. Towards the end of the night I like walked off to the toilet, expelled the tasty chicken pizza I had earlier, came back out and was made to down a few more beers. “C’mon Kham it’s your last night, it’s only half a beer… c’mon man”, was repeatedly uttered. My pleas of “Please guys I can’t, I like just chucked”, didn’t seem to help. After several “C’mon it’s only half” beers it was time to call it a night. There was still a little pizza left in me so I freed that as well on the side of the road. I’ll leave it at that.

So yeah, that’s pretty much it. Another memorable night at the local pub that I’m not going to forget in a hurry. Thanks fellas.