Day 58: Wednesday 13th April. Sale, Paradise Beach.This morning we left Melbourne and began our East Coast adventure heading towards Sale. We stopped off at Lake Guthridge and Lake Guyatt for a walk and some lunch as well as to get purchase some much needed DVD's as the one's we had selected from Spaceships weren't the best.We then drove onwards to Paradise Beach at our first free campsite which was along the stretch of beach called Ninety mile Beach.It sta...

Day 54: Saturday 9th April (by AJ). Maru Wildlife Park! We had an early start today for Chris's surprise day out as an early birthday present. It was lovely and sunny when we set off - even though it was forecast to rain! phew! First stop was a working farm where you could pet the cute calves and fluffy chickens (which I didn't pet!) and then Aunty bear treated us to a Devonshire cream tea with warm scones, jam and cream in the farm cafe. Next stop was Maru...

Day 51: Wednesday 6th April. By AJGreat Ocean Road Trip!Today we headed into the City to pick up Roybot!! Yay!! (our spaceship campervan). The sun was shining and it was boiling hot so with the windows down and our music blaring we headed straight to the Great Ocean Road - it was so exciting to be driving in Australia! Although very strange driving an automatic, both of us kept reaching for a gear stick! We stopped off at Split Point Lighthouse for lunch - ...

Day 47: Saturday 2nd April. Melbourne, Australia. We got the bus into St. Kilda today for a walk past the many cafes and bakery's before getting the tram into the city centre. As luck would have it AJ's camera miraculously started working again just as we were about to send it off to the manufacturer, so that was a stroke of luck. Another great lunch in the city followed by a walk to Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and Federation Square, a great way to spend the...

Day 40: Saturday 26th March: Melbourne - Australia. We landed safely in Melbourne airport and were met by Aunty Bear and Uncle Nick before heading back to their place to Skype the families back in the UK for a much needed catch up session. We then headed out for the most amazing breakfast at the Velvet Bar; it was literally the biggest meal we had ever seen, AJ typically went for the Pancakes with fruit which were ridiculous in size! We then headed back home f...