So I'm back in Gisborne again. For the last two weeks I've been staying with Glenn and Kay again, just while I waited for Louise to arrive here from Darwin so that we can leave on our road trip. While I've been here I've not done much although I have been down into the city a few times to catch up with a couple of friends who are in Melbourne at the moment. After Louise had arrived last week we went to the Old Melbourne Gaol and had a look round. We also got fak...

Happy New Year! Today it is exactly a year since I left England - doesn't time fly when you're having fun! I've just had a great Christmas and New Year in Gisborne (or New Gisborne to be precise) with Glenn, Kay, Berni and Tom...and of course their other visitors Nat and Bren. Oh and Tara and Jasper (dog and cat!). The day after I arrived was the Gisborne festival which is a bit like a cross between Heyford village fete and the fair that comes each year. The hj...

So I'm now in Victoria! I'm staying with my family for Xmas and New Year before I head off again. For the last three days I've been on my fourth Groovy Grape tour, this time on the Great Ocean Road. The first day was spent mostly just driving from Adelaide into the Grampians National Park. We went to a couple of pretty lookouts and a waterfall and then headed straight to the hostel we we staying in for the night. The next day was much more exciting as we got up...

I'm now in Melbourne! On the first day we got here (Saturday) we went for a wander around St. Kilda, because we couldn't check into the hostel til 2pm, but our flight got in at 9.30. We walked down to Acland Street where every other shop is a cake shop! (Ok, that's a bit of an exaggeration but there are four or five all on the same strip, so there's lots!). Kate Laura and I stood outside each one for a good couple of minutes just staring at them, deciding which o...