on board peel's cruises!

So after the journey through the dark but awesome caves, it was finally time for our afternoon seabreeze intake. We boarded a cruise ship that took us around the lakes to see various neighbouring islands and also lots of water... fascinating hey? Actually, it wasn't all too bad because we saw DOLPHINS!! (only their fins and backs to be exact, but there was a whole family of them!)

They came to greet us :)

Closer shot of the dolphins...


What I really wanted them to do were jumps in and out of the water, you know, like in the movies but because they're wild, it was so not possible. If only... then that would've been a perfect snapshot! Anyway, because all I saw was land, trees, grass, sand and liquid, I won't bother to post any bland landscape pictures up, but here's a picture of another animal spotted during the ride... this time it's Mr. Pelican.

He looks lonely. Where were those pretty black swans that could've kept him company?

Ah ha, caught them! They were hanging out with a gang of street seagulls just 5 minutes away.

So moving along, the cruise was close to halfway by now and we enter the territory of some rich people's holiday houses (or actual owned properties) which I heard cost a few million. Like seriously, if you wanted to go out for a spin, you could take either the car or the boat out the back.

After we passed by, it was time to head back to our original location back at the docks of Lakes Entrance. The cruise didn't even feel like 2.5 hours long, which was a good thing since there were lots to see. My friends and I tried to play the waving game while we were heading back but hardly any boats were around... we did though manage to wave to a man on a fishing boat (and he waved back)... yay, game over.

When we left the ship, we wandered to some Shell Museum (wasn't not exciting at all) and headed back to have more hot pot for dinner. Then after, we all went for a stroll around the place (and along the beach for a bit again) until it was time to rest up.

The next day was our last day, and there was hardly much to do except pack up, have breakfast and leave by 10am. On our way back however, we stopped by the scenic lookout to checkout the best view of the Lakes. I really loved this to be honest. How could you not with such aqua blue water, bright green trees and clear sky views? :D

I suppose this is the end of the holiday. Overall, I was glad the weather held up pretty well, because that made the whole trip a very memorable one. Yay!