Day won

Awoke early, and thus did not have an awful lot to do, so pottered about, wasting time, waiting, always waiting - can't get there too early, after all ...
Debated whether to walk or not, but then decided to jump bus anyway. Got off and went to Cosmo's for coffee + breakfast, only to find that it has all changed so much :o But, had my eggs + bacon, drank my coffee, rang Felix/Donna, checked in ...
There are an awful lot of oddly dressed men getting off the plane ... some in Swans regalia ... well, the colours anyway - actually, looks more like a 'Where's Wally' set up, if anything ...
The things you see - a rail trail that winds through 500k (so far) in WA, with overnight huts set up sporadically ... could be good? ... An arcade table, with over 60 games as standard-wonder if Galaga is included?
Sitting on plane tapping away, seem to have lost pen down there somewhere ... No doubt I will find it when we all get up, I suppose? Is a tad annoying, but what can you do, hey? All part of the rich tapestry of life, diverse, amazing, engaging ...
Left Brisbane with rain drifting down, and there is certainly a lot of cloud cover so far, although the voice on the tannoy announced that Geelong is pleasant, with only a mild breeze drifting across ... So many people on this flight - do not think I have ever seen a trip this full before? Am sure that not all of them are going to W/C ... are they? After all, there are some that are wearing Saints/Pies regalia ...
Must remember to take lots and lots of photos, but then actually use them ... Oh well, best to have too many and then winnow them down, then wish for more, I guess?
Plane landed, searched floor, no pen :(
Felix picked up, drove back into Geelong, debating about what to do, how to time things, as I had to go to bank, then catch up with friends for dinner. Because of cycling, we had to go around past Belmont to get through, which was fine, except that it seems everyone was going there too! So there was a very, very long wait to get through ... but once we were over the bridge, things moved a lot easier ...
Got to bank by walking into town, but even that resulted in a few 'detours' around the staging areas ... Stopped for a few ales at National Hotel, got a call from Hallis girl seeking time for phone interview, which I had best not forget about ... Wandered out to watch the U23 men go flying past, realised they still had another 50kms to go, so wandered back in for another beer (or two) ...
Came out, and went into the viewing platform to catch the last lap, and saw Matthews win ... Could not help but notice that everyone else up there seemed to have lanyards with photos, etc. on them, but the security guard tipped us a wink, and then just ignored us ... Saw Trevarrow and Rob Arnold up there, along with that guy :o from the HTC team ... Buggered if I can remember his name though! Matt White ...
Bumped into Zbig/Donna, then met Cass for a quick beer, then off to White Eagle to see Kristie, Kate and Bruce, where it turned out that it was their 4th anniversary :o My how time flies!!! Had a seafood platter, which was big, greasy, filling, and then went to play pool, which I managed to lose by 1 ball, as per usual ... But it was good for a few laughs, and that is all that matters, hey?
Back to have coffee, etc. at Kate/Bruce's, went with Kristie and had a bit of a chat in car about how things are doing, how she has been ... Got inside and found that some of my photos had been used :o Bruce had a new Wilier that he took great delight in showing off to me! Took some more photos, looked at the mower(s)-must sy, impressed by them also having a push mower!
Then Felix and I jumped back into car, grabbed jacket and headed out into the town, where I was absolutely shocked by the sheer emptiness of the city!!! My grand scheme of there being packs of biker babes roaming the streets of Geelong, anticipating the O+ race tomorrow, here for a 'wheely' good time, came to nought ... Visited Beav's, snuck across to Bended Elbow, got turned away (no photo ID), so wandered down to Ryrie and had a look at the new Bicycle Superstore ...
As we were wandering back, somehow Felix got me to stop in at Alley Cats ... so a pleasant day/evening was ended drinking beer, fending off 'offers' to watch private shows, and watching girls take their clothes off ...