After our goodbyes Emma and I jumped on our first internal flight with Virgin Blue. We were on a 5 day old plane with plush leather seats....a tad different to sleazy jet back home! The views from the plane were amazing, you could see the coral beneath the sea and everything. We were so excited about coming to Melbourne as we had been in Cairns too long. The flight was 3 and a bit hours long and as we touched down the Pilot told us that the outside temperatures...

After an early morning start on a chilly Saturday Emma and I were picked up for our Great Ocean Road and Grampians weekend. We got in a people carrier and were told that there were only 7 people on our trip…at first I was a little disappointed about this but soon realised that as there were only a few of us we were going to get to know each other really well and really quickly. There were 2 Irish girls called Deidre and Fiona (aka Princess Fiona) an English gir...

Phillip Island is well known for its little penguins that come up onto the beach at night. It is a big tourist attraction so we had booked a day trip. We were picked up at 11am, which was great cos it meant we could have a nice sleep! On the bus we met Steph, an 18 year old nutter from Bournemouth. She was so lovely and we clicked straight away. The tour started off at Gurdies Winery for some wine tasting…luckily it was past 1pm by this time but no lunch was ha...