Hey...right where was i sunday morning 10am after Adams house party we left Perth bound for Melbourne via Adelaide. Yes it was a bit of a hangover flight. We landed to 5pm ( with the time difference), We worked out the transport system pretty quickly and got a bus and then a tram to St Kilda, and found our hostel!! The hostel was call the Ritz for Backpackers! lol!!! We dumped our bags and went to explore St Kida. There were people everywhere, and some people were dressed ...actually they were undressed! and we realised it was Gay Pride Parade! What a day to first experience St Kilda.....you can imagine some of the sights we saw..... gross, funny, shocking, we saw it all.

The following day we did a 3 day Grampians and Great Ocean Rd tour, which was awesome. There were 16 of us, everyone got on brilliantly and we were all had a great laugh! The Grampians are one of the world's oldest and most spectacular mountain ranges. We hiked through a wonderland range within the Grampians National Park, Halls Gap. In Brambrick we saw wild Kangaroos for the first time in Australia. Then climbed to the bottom of MacKenzie falls where we got some cool shots of the waterfall. The second day we were up early to complete a challenging hike to the 'pinnacle' which was a little hard work but the views made it sooooo worth it. Next we hit view points for pictures at Bay of Islands, Bay of Martyrs, London Bridge -There is a funny story behind London Bridge. It was originally called London bridge because it looked like our 'London bridge' funnily enough. The rock formation used to be one and people could walk to the very end of. But in 1990 the middle part of the bridge collapsed and a man and woman got stranded out on the far part of the bridge ( now a tiny island) They had to be evacuated by helicopters, this incident understandably raised high live media awareness. Here's the funny bit, the couple were having an extra-marital affair,enjoying a stolen day together, can you imagine getting caught out like that! serves them both right, right! lol. Voikki and I took a helicopter ride over the GOR and 12 Apostles. Lock Ard Gorge was the last stop. We got some really great shots. Our overnight pit stop was in a little town called Princetown where only 15 people reside..... and there is even a pub ..good job because there wasnt much else to do!! After dinner we took a trip back to the 12 Apostles aboard the party bus with a glass of wine...or 2 to watch the sun set. Great evening!!

Day three included an early morning aerial tree top walk elevated to 25 meters above the rain forest at The Otway Fly. On our way back to Melbourne we stopped in Lorne for lunch, searched for wild koalas at Kennett River. Had our photos taken at the famous GOR sign, where we learnt that the Great Ocean Road is a 243 km stretch of road in Victoria along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the cities of Torquay and Warrnambooll. The road was constructed to provide work for returning soldiers from the First World War and dedicated as a Memorial to those killed in the war. We then checked out the world famous surf spot 'Bells Beach' the home of the annual Rip Curl Pro, held every Easter, the oldest professional surfing contest in the world. Our last stop of the day was at Torquay where we shopped at surf label factory outlets and had an ice cream, before heading back into the city for about 6pm! Cathryn met us at the drop off point to start our Melbourne experience with a local!!

Cath managed to get us free tickets to the cricket while we were there so we watch Australia V New Zealand...was a good match although i dont really follow cricket!! In the evening we went to a house party..one of Cath's friends.

The following day was officially Melbourne's hottest day in recorded history, it got to 47 Degs Celcius, i thought i was going to die!! so Cathryn decided to take us to Highpoint shopping centre for some air conditioning!! That night we had a girls night ( oh and Matt) out on the town and a good one at that.

While in Melbourne,we took the free tourist tram around the city and saw all the sights such as Fed Square, Flinders Station, Queen Victoria Market, Parliament buildings, Collins St, St Paul's Cathedral, Docklands, Yarra River, Crown Casino!! Eureka Skydeck 88 - which is the only observation deck in the world that has a glass cube which you stand in called 'the edge'. It is then projected 3 metres out from the building and suspended almost 300 metres above the ground! We also went to the Moon light movies, which is is an open air cinema watching an old Australian classic strictly ballroom! We took a picnic with us too!

We went to Philip Island which is famous for its nightly return of hundreds of the worlds smallest penguins called, little penguins, to Summerland Beach from a days fishing out at sea. It got quite cold in the evening but we soon forgot about the temperature watching them arrive and waddle across the beach to their sand dune burrows at sunset. It was such an awesome experience. That night we stayed with Caths mum in Cowes!

We also did the Official Neighbours Back Lot tour which cost a whopping $65, where we got to see the famous Ramsey Street and took pictures of the houses and the Ramsey Street sign, Erinsborough high, and the exterior sets of Lassiters Complex including the lake, which is actually just a puddle, Carpenter Mechanics, Charlies Bar, Harolds General Store - I didn't know what any of there were apart from Lassiters of course! The cul-de-sac of Ramsey street is a real cul-de-sac with a different name and people actually do live there. Filming on the street occurs twice a week and the residents in the street have to make sure their cars are parked around the corner and that they are out of shot. They get paid for it of course,but if they want to make changes to their gardens or house fronts they have to consult the Neighbours team first so that it can be written into the script! Im gutted i didnt meet Harold!!

Before headlining off to Tasmania for 4 days we went to the famous Bimbos on Brunswick St, for $4 pizzas which were sooooo good.

We arrived in Devonport, Tasmania for a day of exploring cradle mountain before starting a 3 day East Coast tour!! Anyhow was explored Devonport instead, a cute little town where we went to watch Australia at the cinema and had a big feed up in the Irish pub where we were staying the night. The tour started at 6.45 the next morning where we stopped for a morning river walk in Launceston, very pretty. A quick lunch stop in St Helens before spending the afternoon at the Bay of Fires, this beach won 2nd best beach in the world for 2009. We visited nature world as we entered Bicheno, which is a Natural Ecology and Wildlife Park that cares for injured animals. Tasmania, unfortunately, has a large amount of road kill due to the fact that most of Tasmania’s animals are nocturnaland. We fed the roo's. The Tasmanian devil is an endangered species that are only found in the state of Tasmania. They are forming cancer of the face and many are dying...so the vets and nature workers are working hard to try and save a lot of them! We arrived at our house for the evening and went for a walk in the rain before dinner over to Diamond Island. Its an island just off the coast of Bicheno that you can walk to if the tide is low and if you are really lucky you can spot penguins. We was not so lucky as the only penguins we came across were a couple of dead ones. not very nice!!.

Next day stopped at the famous Blowhole heading for Wineglass bay. We hiked to the top of Mount Amos for incredible views over wineglass bay.We also stopped at Coles Bay and swansea. We spent the next night at Port Arthur where we spend a few hours before dinner exploring the imfamous Historic site and squidding for a pre dinner snack. It was awesome...ive never been squidding before and didnt realise they shoot ink out at you for there defense!! The following morning was the best part of the tour, we spent 3 hours on a Eco island cruise where we saw a hump back whale, penguins and seals as well as some fab scenic cliffs and water shots. piarets bay was the last days lunch stop and where we had group photos taken before hitting Hobart, the final destination. We arranged to stay in some place above a pub which was just awful...our mums would have gone mad if we stayed there...i dont know if we had come out alive...yes it was that bad!!!!Seriously mum, you would have sooooo killed me if i stayed there it really was disgusting and unsafe. So we got a cab straight out of there to the YHA! Tasmania was a great place i loved it!! Shame we didnt get to see more of it!

We arrived back to Melbourne Sat 15th morning to be told we were going to a dress up party that night. We spent 5mins and $5 in a reject shop in Coberg on a badminton set and sweat bands! Was a funny night. The following day - our last in Melbs was the day at Good Vibes, which is a music festival at the victoria race track...great day out ..very hot too!

Had a great time with Cath and all her buddies...they really mad it for us...thanks guys. xx