I might actually start this vlog where I've ended because I set out today with
no expectation to see penguins because they say at this time of day they're not
on the pier and we saw penguins which is really cool and got that beautiful
Melbourne backdrop behind us and I'm going to head back home, see Michele and
get myself a coffee and we've been baking today. We're making graham
crackers or graham crackers because I can't get them here in Australia so I'm
I've decided to give up. I'm going to make them. So I've got to say a big thank you
to Byron by the way, Byron Chandler he's the guy that, one of my viewers, that
mentioned graham crackers. I think he was saying about a trail mix or granola bar
thats made with s'mores and we're going to be doing that sometime Byron. So thank
you for reminding me. All the big pups coming up, hey guys,
so as I say there's always something happening in St. Kilda. We're
going to, we're back in Australia as you know. Beautiful Australia and we're going
to be doing a series, a tour around Australia and showing you all over the
place. It's going to be a heap of fun. It's also going to give me time to share with
you some of the fantastic food from the places we've been. I'm going to kick it
off with one of my absolute favorites which was the Mexican food that we had
when we were in Mexico - Mexico City, Puerto Escondido, let me go to the end
here Oaxaca , Oaxaca, Oaxaca was great and
I'm ...support to everybody in Mexico City in Oaxaca that are having problems with
the earthquakes I hope everybody's safe and all my friends are good and well
but it got me to thinking of what great food and what we learned when we were in
Mexico. So we're going to be doing a Mexican series and I've been really
lucky to find a supplier of Mexican produce because it's not easy to find
here in Melbourne. So I'll talk about that in a later video but we've got some
wonderful Masa flour. So Michele and I were having Atole I think I've
pronounced it right. I totally.... its like a warm maize based drink... man it's so good
so we've been making that and it tastes really authentic, really good
I miss the mornings when we used to go down and have that at the market. So we can
make our own there which is great and soon when that recipe goes up you'll be
able to make it and try it - it is so so good. That's a long wheel mate... you know...
no not allowed to drive the truck up so he's got to wheel it the whole length
of the pier and probably not even allowed to park at the end of the pier. That's a big
delivery I hope he gets a drink when he gets up there. So it's a bit cloudy today
a little overcast but it is gorgeous and it's brought people out onto the beach.
Tide is low, the tide is in a little bit
so with that intro out the way I'll get and show you what I've seen today in St.
Kilda, come along with me, enjoy it, I'll put some nice pictures up, enjoy the
music.... pal power.
I don't know if you can see that 'welcome to Fitzroy Street' we're just walking down
Fitzroy Street in St. Kilda Take you for a show around.
just a fella getting a bit of shut-eye. There's a lot of homeless around here
which is a bit of a shame, actually this building ahead of us is called the
Gatwick and it used to be a refuge but now they're actually going to be filming
a new TV series it's called The Block I think and they're going to renovate
this I think in January next year, they're going to start filming here. The
other day I actually saw the guy who presents it don't ask me his name I'm
not sure, I don't watch television unfortunately but anyway it was very nice he
shook hands and said hello. So it this is Fitzroy street down here we've got the
St. Kilda beach front and the trams run up and down this road and Park Lane I
think as well or maybe one of the lanes. This is Park Lane now it isn't Park Lane
but this part of st. kilda is very beautiful
Some of the housing just the the leafy sort of suburbs down that way it's this
next lane I'll tell you what it's called as we get near to it.
Okay so it's Park Street so Park Lane Park Street I thought it
was one of those, the the trams go up and down here straight into the city center
it's only about 10 minutes 10 -15 minutes max. Now almost forgot the whole point of
coming out again today was actually to use the the lav mic and get a better
quality sound. Now you can see here's one of the old trams - Yarra trams and here's
one of the buses that also go into the city centre .So you're pretty well sorted
for transport. I've got to wait on this corner so I can get over and along
this coastline Oh talking of transportation you've got these little
circle bikes I think you need to register to use them and you you
register with your credit card online but they're all over the place they drop
them.... they drop them.... they seem to drop them wherever they run out. So Dominoes
are actually running electric bikes which is great for the deliveries, you
see the that they just sort of pzzzzzz whiz pass you super silent, so it's good
to see them. Look at this nice house and beautiful old tree and we're not more
than a few hundred meters.... few hundred meters to the coast from here, hopefully
the wind.... oh here's another these are Melbourne bikes.Now these ones I think
you have to.... you have to bring them back to the dock. So they have a hat RACV
the RAC Victoria, covered for breakdown and collection
Now again I can probably leave the links if you like to the vlogs if you're
interested in checking out the bike system over here but it's probably quite
easy just to Google free bikes or I think those bikes are free I'm not a hundred
percent sure. Let's get across the road. Now these are the more modern Yarra
trams
okay it's green we can get over. How gorgeous is that today.... they've got these bike
roads that run all around Melbourne ,it's really bike friendly, they run pretty
much from this end of the coast all the way up many hours of cycling up towards
the Mornington Peninsula. Got the Royal Melbourne yacht Squadron up here I'll
take a little picture as we go past, out there this is the Port Phillip Bay. Melbourne
city centre is out towards that direction, we'll see it a little bit
better straight down between those trees. Now the other day we came down here but
it was too windy I did a live broadcast and it was horrendous because the wind
is so strong and we got no sound whatsoever. We came down to see the
Penguins here at St. Kilda beach. It's a beautiful setting though isn't it. Now
over there off in the distance there is a famous amusement park it's called... what
is it called.... it's called Luna parks I knew it'd come to me eventually.
Luna parks is quite famous it's got a big sort of.... it's one of those seaside
amusement parks with the big mouth as you walk through into the amusement park
it's really cool and it's a good day out for the kids only a small park, not huge
but it's a lot of fun, it's got a big roller coaster. This is a statue to
Captain Cook and his ship the Endeavour HMS Endeavour August 26 1768
and there he is Captain Cook. Where I want to take you is down this pier, there's a
pavilion at the end there and just beyond the pavilion we should be able to
see where the Penguins are. Now there won't be penguins there at the moment I
don't think anyway because they don't come around the daytime they come around
the evening, the problem is in the evening time it's so dark you can't
really film there very well but we have got some film footage so I'll put that
up so you can see the Penguins Michele and I saw and what was really cool there
was.... there was a penguin that came in out of the water and got caught on the
railings but he actually made his way over the railings.... he was perfectly fine.
So this is all pedestrian and bike friendly down here and as I say the
bike paths, cycle and bike paths go all the way along the coast. This is St.
Kilda pier, so we've got the beach here, we've got the city over there and the
little marina
few of those are O Bike's, this is where the wind was blowing a gale hopefully
the lav mike is going to make it a little bit better, you're probably still
going to get some wind blow but you'll probably be able to hear me hopefully
Hey guys.... it's good man.... you rescuing someone..... no worries
well good beautiful day huh
so these are the surf lifesavers and these guys are doing some training
today, they're not actually out here but these are the guys that patrol all of
these beaches and there are beautiful beaches all the way up St. Kilda so
wherever you swim there's another one of those O bikes wherever you swim
oh and a Melbourne bike, so we've got the Melbourne
bike and the O bike. are they... I love fishing....Yeah.....caught anything mate....Ive caught a shark..... yeah where is it....good man
you got any biting at all or not.......not much... have a great day..... cheers buddy
young lads are cool they're just fishing said he's caught a shark but..... G'day fella
yeah... I'm good mate How are you?.... nothing strange about that, so we got a guy there
with the boggle eye glasses I don't think you could see that and the Mohican
helmet pretty much part and parcel of St. Kilda lifestyle. We're coming up on
the pavilion, this is a beautiful old timber pavilion with a typical tin roof
Aussie style. Now the the wind is going down a little bit here again so that's
nice as well. So it's along here it's.... it's along here
where there's a viewing platform and people come down here at night time when
the Penguins start to come in and on these breakers here ,these rock breakers
that's where the Penguins actually nest. So you can just walk along.... I'm going to
go along in a minute..... there you can walk along down those stairs and actually see
the Penguins and it was the other night where we saw the penguin stuck on the
railings ....there's some temporary railings at the end there. This is beautiful
Michele and I would love to get one of these boats and go sailing.
So this is the entrance to where the Penguins are, there's often at
nighttime ,you read here no handling penguins, no flash photography, no dogs, no
littering or walking on the rock, rocks. Here's the Penguins and there'll be
guides down here at night ready to keep an eye on people make sure they're not
misbehaving. You can smell actually the Penguins when
you get here, let's go down and just look in the rocks, there won't be penguins
there now but I'll go and have a little look it's all good. Now these are the
rocks where the Penguins nest you can see actually some bits of nesting
material in there you won't see any penguins not this time a night time.... a
day shall I say, this shallow water here there's a little beach and they come in
from the sea and they nest up for the night. So there was I saying you won't
see the Penguins because that's what I was told but actually you can see
penguins in amongst the rocks tiny little fellas. They also nests along all
the way along here but that's a little sort of viewing platform where people
can come in the evening, generally when it gets more busy.So we did get to see
penguins down here, which surprised even me and I think actually most of people
are now sort of rushing over to see those two little penguins that are
nesting in the rocks there, which is cool I've come away and leave them in peace.
You going in.... good oh that's.... can I film you
going in... well what you been up to then you're sandy.... working yeah
Is it deep enough here to jump? Are you just gonna climb down...... is it
one way to clean off at the end of work..... a good way to clean off at the end of
work lads. You know if you keep filming long enough in St. Kilda you will see
everything, share the love, be good and don't forget I will see you in the next
video. Take Care.