Last Day in Australia

We met our driver at 9:00 a.m. - Richard - and we immediately decided that Melbourne is just another big city and we wanted to get outside the city. We already knew we had reservations at Maru Koala park, so we decided to head that way and see what we could see. In other words, Richard was going to concoct a tour on the fly. First he took us to one of Melbourne's really nice beaches, and Richard invited us to join him on the beach. First, he showed us this sign:

Richard explained that people who own houses across the street from the beach (several million dollar houses, by the way) are eligible to purchase one of these storage shacks to put their beach paraphernalia in them. The shack cannot be slept in, there is no water, and it is only for storage. And now, the added value is that tourists walk by and take pictures of the owners sitting on the porch, or cleaning it out . . . or just eyeing them. This is all available for over $300,000 each! So we went down and looked at the various shacks - maybe 8' x 12':

Then we proceeded to Maru Koala. We had a lot more to do today.