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...