"If you're not a fan of the weather just wait 5 minutes". This melboune mentality proved to be pretty darn accurate as we were battered by the 46 degrees celcius bushfire heat, quite literally blown home on many a windy night and annialated by giant rain bullets on the way home to work during our time in Melbourne. After reuniting the Tripod (James, Matt and myself) we moved into an apartment which was roughly the size of a postage stamp in St Kilda. I...

Due to some financial restrictions, i.e. I had $60 to my name, I had to leave Joanne in Brisbane to head down to Melbourne to make my fortune. The first thing to note on arrival in Melbourne...it sure isn't as warm as Queensland and since I arrived shortly after midnight, probably the shorts and flip-flops were not the greatest idea. The day after I arrived Dani (my fellow Scottish friend from Sydney) arrived from Cairns and was equally desperate for some work. ...