Hey everyone. Last update from Melbourne I should think! Its the Melbourne Comedy Festival at the moment, so the hostel had on some comedians last night - very entertaining. Tonight we're going to the Neighbours trivia and Meet the Stars night (I know, more Neighbours!). With Sarah and Nicola on the team we're pretty confident - they've been watching Neighbours since it started!! We went to the Melbourne Old Gaol this morning, that was really interes...

I forgot to say in my last entry, but we saw some koalas! Just after we got on the Great Ocean Road we turned off into a holiday park because they live wild (or as wild as a creature that sleeps for 20 hours a day can get) in the gum trees there. Most of them were quite high in the trees and asleep, but we did manage to see one low down that woke up and stared at us in a slightly puzzled fashion while cramming his mouth full of eucalyptus leaves! He was absolu...

Hello from not so sunny Australia!! Actually, thats not really fair, it has been mostly sunny, its just a bit chilly and ridiculously windy!! We got to Melbourne late on Tuesday afternoon, and headed straight to our very nice hostel. We got a absolute bargain staying here, only $19 a night for the first 5 nights, normally its $28. We thought $28 was expensive, but Sydney is even worse!! Ah well, I'm sure we'll be able to balance it all out when we get to...