The day had arrived. Boxing day test match here we come! Everyone from the hostel pretty much was heading to the cricket so the atmosphere was building well before we reached the stadium. Once we arrived there was a real buzz about the place with thousands of poms and aussies dressed up, with friends, on their own or just having a family day out; the whole of Melbourne seemed to descend on the MCG! For all you cricket fans out there, im sure you`ll agree the mor...

It was Christmas Eve when we landed in Melbourne and the only christmassy thing we had were our santa hats that had been given to us on our Uluru tour. Christmas in Australia certainly didnt feel like Christmas in England. With the sun shining we checked into our dorm (which was very messy to say the least - Happy Christmas to us) and headed out to the shops to get some food. Although it didnt feel like Christmas the shops were certainly operating on Christmas ti...