Big Trip Out

Funny how when I have time to post, I don't have any motivation whatsoever to do so. Like for the past three days. Anyhow, been hammering the trip into place. Here's the rough outline:

Leaving KL next Friday night and arriving in Gold Coast on Saturday morning. We've rented a car for the day, which should be tonnes of fun. Catching a connecting flight that evening to Melbourne then hopping onto a Skybus to the city. In Melbourne we'll be using daily passes for their trains, trams and buses. Metlink's printable journey planner is awesomely detailed! We'll catch the Skybus back to the airport on Wednesday evening, then fly to Gold Coast and spend the night there before flying back to KL on Thursday morning.

The whole of Monday will be spent at Flemington Racecourse for Big Day Out, which leaves Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday to take in Melbourne. We'll be hitting CD shops, bookstores, galleries, markets and parks - not so much touristy attraction as the everyday kind of places.

Still some loose ends left though, one of which is to decide which gigs we're catching. The timtable is rather overwhelming and there's already one unfortunate clash: Augie March with Arcade Fire. Even though the Augie March set ends right as Arcade Fire begins, the stages are far far apart and as Arcade Fire is going to be a huge draw (and one of the main hooks for us to go), we'd have to be there EARLY.

Seven more days to go. Brrrr!