Road Trip Time, We picked up the car that was to take us from Melbourne to Sydney, a Toyota Yaris….an Orange Toyota Yaris…It weren't that bad after a while, but it wouldn't be a colour I would have picked.We wanted to go to Phillip Island and also see the Great Ocean Road before making our way to Sydney, however as the penguin parade takes place at dusk, we had to go a slightly odd way round, starting in Phillip Island and working our way the wrong way down...

Melbourne After our unplanned late arrival in Melbourne we got a cab to our hostel. Thankfully we had called the owner and they stayed open late to let us in. It was a really nice hostel with lots of little extras like free pasta and rice in the evening and free cereal in the morning. It was slightly out of the city in South Yarra but its really easy to get into town by the trams which run throughout Melbourne. Melbourne is often described as the most European c...