“One hot chocolate, one latte with two sugars and one cappuccino with one sugar, please” I made an order as my friends and I arrived in Healesville, half-way to the Lake Mountain trip this time.
“No worries,” said the waitress.
“Excuse me,” I asked the waitress, “do you know the way to the zoo?”
“Errr, I’m not really sure. I’m not good at direction, she replied, a bit shy, while doing our orders using the coffee machine.
“Oh, that’s alright. We’re actually heading to Lake Mountain. But, I remember this area has a zoo as one of the three nature conservations in Victoria,” I added.
“So, we thought if it’s not too far, we could go there for a couple of minutes,” I smiled.
“Oh, I wish I could tell you,” she replied, feeling guilty.
“Not really a problem, it’s alright,” Ben, my friend tried to soothe her.
Suddenly, a man, around 60 years old, approached us and said, “It’s not far. In front, you just turn right and follow the road. The sanctuary will be about 10 minutes from here.”
“Oh, thank you,” Ben and I replied, a bit surprised by his sudden coming.
Frankly, we didn’t expect him to come and helped us with the direction to the zoo as we’ve seen him reading a newspaper at the corner while having his coffee and a toasted banana bread.