Well today was a lazier day where we all just chilled. Michelle and I went shopping this morning and as exciting as this sounds I bought measuring cups to be able to cook American recipes. It took Michelle and I ages to find ones that were very me! Then Jamie, Michelle and I went out for lunch at a Mexican restaurant that was very nice. On the way home we went to the Cheesecake Factory and bought half a cheesecake for Michelle's early birthday cake. Jamie and I...

Yesterday Michelle had bought me whale watching for a birthday present. So we went to Redcliffe and caught a boat out past Morton island into the ocean. After about an hour and a half of sailing we began to see some evidence of the humpback whales. You could see the spray from their blowholes and the splashes as they hit the water. We sailed closer to one of the pods of whales and got a better look at them. After lunch the whales were obviously feeling very confi...

Well the time has come to leave Melbourne and head back to Brisbane for a few days. First of all last night was brilliant. The little penguins were so cute waddling back to their homes from the sea. The drive there was long and our bus driver told us his whole life story over the microphone. I even got sssshhhhed for talking to another girl sat next to me. Apparently he couldn't concentrate on his speech if we were talking!!! Anyway, Mandy and I, (the girl sat ne...

Wow. What a few days I have had. Internet signal seems to be difficult to find here in Melbourne but I'm at the gallery today and they have wifi. Well I made it to Melbourne solo which is impressive for me. I even managed to find the hotel! I spent Monday afternoon exploring the city and wasted no time doing the intellectual thing and visiting the immigration museum and an exhibition on the costumes from the films. They had loads from titanic to Spider-Man and lo...

Today we all went up the coast to a huge market. It was brilliant and I could have spent an absolute fortune on jewellery and clothes but I restrained and didn't buy anything. I know pretty amazing for me. There were loads of very different stalls and if luggage allowance and money wasn't an issue I would have bought loads. We then went on to Noosa which is a beautiful area further up the coast. We walked along the edge of the beach and the sea was a perfect tu...