Day 17 - Journey from Hell! Woke up early on Boxing Day with the next part of our adventure in mind. Gilly popped in to walk us to the tram stop and bid us a good and safe rest of the trip. If only the rest of the morning had gone so smoothly. We knew we needed several tram changes to get to Britz for the next camper, but we didn't quite estimate how arduous a task this would be. Skip to blog 18 if you don't want to endure what we went through. We got on the ...

Day 16 - Christmas Day!!! First stop Christmas Day, McDonald's! Clarkey had promised to skype traditional Christmas Eve dinner in Needingworth. She wasn't the only one, there must have been half a dozen other Europeans at McDonald's at 8.30am on Christmas Day, skyping or face timing home. Second stop. Gather the troops, Holly, Gilly and Glen and head down to a quieter bit of beach towards Brighton. Gilly's morning run (!!) had identified a good spot to park the...

Day 15 - A trip to Brighton! We've been in Melbourne, more specifically St Kilda, for several days now but had yet to venture eastwards along the seemingly endless beach and coastal path. Today was that day! We prepared well by sampling some more cake for breakfast before setting off. We stuck to the walkway that hugs the coast and wondered for a good couple of k around the 'point' towards Brighton. So many places are named after British towns and cities, it wo...

Day 13 - EPIC Walk Our early mornings in Frank are a distant memory, sleeping in a real bed, in a real building has resulted in lay-ins. Having explored enough to get our barings on Saturday we planned to use Sunday to get to MCG and the Olympic Park. On our way there we had identified a Bazaar to visit; we set off, map in hand. Our first pot of call was Chapel Street, one of the main streets linking South Melbourne to the city, and it is long! It's starts ...

Day 12 - St.Kilda's delights - warning, longer than usual blog..! We arrived in Melbourne late on Friday night and jumped straight into a cab. We knew we were staying on the other side of town but I don't think either of us realised just how big a city Melbourne is. Over 30 mins later, we arrive at the address on our accommodation email, Fitzroy St. It being 11.30pm on the Friday before Christmas, and Fitzroy St. being one of the busiest party streets in St.Kild...