Hi everyone Well we left our friends (David: We left them hungover and feeling decidedly dodgy: job done!) and Melbourne on a beautifully sunny Sunday afternoon and headed back towards Adelaide for our subsequent flight to Alice Springs. Everyone suggested driving down the Great Ocean Road, including our bible: Lonely Planet, for its natural bea...

I left the city with two German girls in rental car. We drove the Great Ocean Rd to Apollo Bay. On the way we stopped to take a look in some light house.

We worked the Apollo Bay Christmas Carnival and met some wonderful friends. Vic & Fi. Vic is Ian's brother from another mother.

So, Phil, the Scottish guy from the poker room, and I left Adelaide Thursday afternoon. He had one of the Wicked campervans, which are infamous backpacker rides with graffitti all over them. All Phil knew was that he had to turn in his van in Melbourne Saturday morning, and all I knew is that we should probably see these things called the Grampi...

The best thing about being in Oz for my birthday, is that this morning when I woke up, it was (techincally) still my birthday in the UK - hoorah! So I had an even longer birthday that normal. Apollo bay was the next town along the Great Ocean Road so we decided to go and have a look at that. We can't go too far as we've got to take the van back ...

We decided to take a slight diversion and head a little further West from Melbourne along the Southern Coast and the famous Great Ocean Road, before heading North for warmer climates. The scenery was worth it, but we must be getting soft. It feels rather chilly in June on the bottom of Oz! ---------------------------- The Great Ocean Road is the...