Back in Melbers. I'm beginning to wonder whether I'll ever leave this part of the world... Flew in with Mum and Dad and ended up ensconced in South Yarra's most stylish hotel, The Como - well fully justified as our last bit of shared luxury I think! We had a fab weekend as I showed Mum and Dad the delights of Melbourne - Chapel Street, the Botanical Gardens, the riverside, Fed Square etc etc - and caught up with friends aplenty. It was particularly g...

And so I was off to Melbourne... After a brief and not unpleasant day wandering around Sydney in between landing and catching my bus, during which time my Australian love affair reignited, it was a not brief and most unpleasant bus ride via Canberra that took me back to Melbourne. I arrived travel-grubby despite my airport shower, shattered, jet-lagged, unslept and slowly going crazy by having to translate each sentence I wanted to say into Spanish and then back...