A couple of days ago we took a day trip along the Great Ocean Road. It was a very long day, leaving the hostel at 6:45am, returning at 7:45pm and then going out to celebrate St Patricks day in the evening! The Great Ocean Road was constructed by soldiers returning from fighting in Europe after WW1. It was the middle of the Great Depression and work was hard to find and so the government, recognising the potential for tourism along that particular stretch of coa...

Today we have been to the Australian Grand Prix. We had thought about going for a while before we left England but hadn't got around to sorting it, so yesterday we went and bought general admission tickets for the Saturday. We got a free tram to the park where the track was, arriving at around 11am and had a wander around all the merchandise stores and ended up buying matching hats! The on track events didn't begin properly until the afternoon, so we mooched ar...

Hello from Melbourne! One month through our adventure and we have hit Australia. We landed early Thursday morning and made our way to the hostel, which is really nice and new and really centrally located as well. We were too early to check in so we left our bags and went for a little explore. We both immediately agreed that we liked Melbourne. We first went to federation square and to the visitor centre to collect millions of leaflets. The sun was out but there w...