We took a tour from Melbourne to see what’s called the 12 Apostles, which are some unusual rock formations on the ocean coast about 120 miles away. It was a 12 hour tour, and should have been 14 hours. We got picked up at 7:30 am in a small bus and right away the driver John our tour guide started giving us information about Melbourne on the way out. After 2 hours he was still talking when we got to our first stop for a coffee/tea restroom break. He made it very clear you have 15 minutes be back at the bus on time. And when someone was a minute late he told in no uncertain terms that they were late and needed to be on time.
Our next stop was a photo op that was so quick we might as well just rolled down the windows and taken the picture out the window. And later when we stopped to take pictures of the kolas bears several people were late and they got a lecture that we needed to be on time! (no restroom).
As we were driving along we looked at the lunch menu and told to take out a number that corresponded to a meal on the lunch menu. We were told when we got to the restaurant “Don’t go to the restroom. Don’t take pictures. Go directly to your assigned table and place your number on the table so we can get your order to you as soon as possible. Then you can go to the restroom.”
We were starting to get the picture, eat fast, follow orders, and don’t drink water, you might have to go to the restroom later!
When we finally got to the 12 Apostles, there were so many people we had to fight our way through them to get photos. We didn’t want to be late. I was practically running from place to place to take photos. We were so rushed I was thinking I hope the pictures come out because I’m so pushed for time I won’t remember this place. Well I did get some pictures and it’s a good thing because what I remember most is John our driver the ‘Tour Nazi’.
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