Hi all, we went to the grand prix yesterday to see Hamilton get a great start to the season. It was 39degrees but with all the cars generating heat & Albert park lake in the middle of the curcuit, it felt more like 45. The banks at side of track were too small, so to get to a corner to watch the race wouldve been just stupid, as there was no...

Op donderdagochtend nam ik de trein en de tram weer terug naar mijn hostel, the Nunnery. In de tram bedacht ik me, dat Melbourne de eerste stad ik waar ik me werkelijk thuis voel. Het is de eerste stad in Australie waarvan ik denk dat ik er werkelijk voor een langere tijd zou kunnen leven. Die middag ben ik naar het Melbourne Museum geweest. Ik ...

Melbourne, Australia Luckily, our crossing of the Tasman Sea was relatively easy. There was a lot of motion Monday night into Tuesday but it was normal - not big waves or anything. Then by lunch time on Tuesday it was pretty calm. Phew! Today we opted for a tour outside of the city to Healesville Sanctuary in the Yarra Valley area. It was about ...

We finally got the annex pole holder on the campervan and the fishing rod holder on the cage which goes on the roofracks. We are booking the camper in for a service on 28th July down at Jayco in Bayswater. Then we will park it in our driveway so we can get organised. Looking for a jerry can holder for the front of the van. Only 10 weeks and 2 da...

Its Australia Day today so we celebrate by going to the beach. We take a drive down Hoddle Street to the Nepean Highway, passing some Bogans having a street party (drinking beer from Eskies whilst sitting on the pavement outside their house on deckchairs and waving Australian Flags) by the main road. Every good, patriotic Australian passing in t...

Jennie very kindly drove us out to "Ramsay Street" today, where they film the exterior shots for neighbours. It was really surreal to be there, and the whole street was really small. After a few photo's Jennie dropped us back home and we spent the afternoon there, before heading off to Neighbours night, where we met up with Dan and his two frien...

Same old England. Only this time even worse (hence my decision to condense the MCG experience into one entry of 3 days!). Before getting to the the specifics, a quick comment on the stadium. The MCG is the home of Australian sport, and is vastly impressive - holding almost 100,000 people when full. Even more incredible is its multi-sport use, wi...

We arrived in our fav Australian city, to be greeted by Dan's university friend Chris, whom he last saw 6 years ago after his stint in Singapore. Luckily Chris hadn't forgotten Dan's love of curries, and had booked us in to the lively curry house in Camberwell (East Melbourne) for a fantastic curry, to satisfy our craving given it was our first ...

In Melbourne me and Erik stayed at Andrew's family's house and they were so hospitable, giving us food and somewhere to stay. The first day Andrew took us for a walk around the city. We went to the art gallery, walked along the river and went to the observation deck in the Rialto tower. From there you could see all a big part of Melbourne and An...

Knowing me, Knowing u.... ahaaaaaa For those of you who don't know siobhan McGill is currenty in Aus but many thousands of miles away in Perth. We where gonna try and meet up with her at some point during our trip to relive old CTK days. We have been chatting to a few girls throughout the day from the UK who had finished uni and where also on a ...