There was no accommodation available at the weekend in Melbourne because of the Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park. We drove up the Great Ocean Road to Lorne which is a nice little beach town. Again the mercury was hittin 40 degrees and the hair dryer effect had us nearly dry between comin out of the water and reachin the beach towel.

Yesterday morning we awoke in the Hayloft and went for a walk around Port Fairy. The weather was perfect for the day we had planned - lovely and sunny. We set off on our drive along the Great Ocean Road about 10:30am. The drive to Lorne could have taken us about 2.5 hours but took us all day as we stopped loads of times along the way. There were...

We hired a car in Melbourne and set off on Australia's most famous road trip, the Great Ocean Road. This is a stretch of road on the south coast of Australia which begins just outside Melbourne and ends close to Adelaide. We didn't have the best of the starts to the journey. I managed to scratch the side of the hire car with my seat belt- nothin...

One day George, my 22 yr old host-brother.... no hes more than that... my good mate who I happen to live with, said pack your back were goin away for this weekend. We went on a ride on the great ocean road, and it really was... great. There's not much to say now, you just need to see for yourself, it's a beautiful countryside, looks much better ...