Christmas Day was spent in Colac with Sarah's family, Irene and Goff, Caroline and her children Sarah, Laura and Ryan, Mike and his children Ben, Jessie and Emily and Richard, his wife Gaylene and their children Isabelle, Ebony and Yianna - 17 of us in total! So as you can imagine it was a big Christmas and lots of fun, games and laughter. We had turkey with all the trimmings, were spoilt with lots of presents and had plenty to drink - I don't think Andrew went a...

Is everyone feeling Christmassy?!? We have been experiencing Australia in the rain this week! Torrential rain, thunder and lightening, we are not happy but speak to any aussie about it and they are grinning from ear to ear and saying how much they need the rain, so i suppose we have to be pleased for them! The temperature still only goes as low as 20oc but since we have got used to it being much hotter, that actually feels cold! This week we both finished work...

We have been busy once again this week! Our penultimate week at work and there is still so much we want to see and do before we leave Melbourne after Christmas. Wednesday evening we went to check out a Melbourne tradition, late night Victoria Market, which is filled with every type of food stall imaginable, lots of stalls selling all sorts of stuff from candles to sweets and chocolate to jewellery and clothes, all ideal for Christmas presents. It was great fun...

Another busy weekend has passed and today we have reached our 6 month travelling mark. Its crazy to think that half our time travelling has already passed, very quickly we might add! At least we have another great 6 months to look forward! Monday night we put up the Christmas decorations which was great fun and started to make me feel a bit Christmassy! I even had the honour of putting the angel on top of the Christmas tree. The kids then totally set Andrew up ...

After work on Friday we got a train out to Colac to stay at Irene and Goff's for the night, ready for an early start travelling the most spectacular stretch of the Great Ocean Road.It is also known as the shipwreck coast because it has been the end of well over 100 ships in the past. It is a limestone coastline with big cliffs, lots of stacks and plenty of islands just off the coast and a few natural bridges thrown in too! We asked the family if anybody wanted...