Today we decided to go to Melbourne Zoo - which claims to be the oldest zoo in Australia, so we thought it couldn't be missed. As it was set to be another scorching hot day we walked through Royal Park to the zoo. We arrived at the zoo at about 10:30 and spent over four and a half hours here - what a day!We began with Pigmy hippos, Gorrillas, Mandrills (these are baboon sized monkeys with blue/purple faces and bums) and a vast array of other monkeys from arou...

Hi Guys!!We've finally found a computer that works in this crazy city, but now the STA site is not allowing us to upload our phots - hopefully be able to do that soon.Our first full day in Melbourne, Tuesday, consisted of wondering around the city, before we caught a tram to St Kilda. St Kilda reminded us of Freemantle in Perth - it's a bit of a hippy town. We found the accommodation that we were meant to be staying in next week in St Kilda, but decided a...

Hi Guys!!So our trip from Adelaide to Melbourne began.....We stood outside our hostel at 6:30 in the morning waiting for our tour guide to collect us & who should turn up but Ally, our tour guide from our Barossa Valley tour. So here went Colin McRae all over again - but this time for 3 days - OH NO!!We left Adelaide via the Adelaide hills and made our way to our 1st stop - a tiny town called Keith. We walked around the whole town in about 5 minutes, took a s...

G'day Guys, HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!! We thought we'd update you on our last days in Adelaide. Yesterday, after a short walk through the city - emergency clothes shopping - seriously!! Emma had to get a polo shirt to protect her from the sun, but hey, at $5 you can't moan!! We then made our way down to the river for another stonkingly hot day! We walked along the riverside taking photos, and then made our way to the shade on the other side of the river...

G'day Guys!! An early start this morning - up at 6 for our Groovy Grape tour of Barrossa Valley. The day started by us being collected by Colin Mcrae - AKA Ally the bus driver - she was crazy!! After about 40 minutes dashing round the city to collect our tour buddies, we were on our way to our 1st stop - The World's Largest Rocking Horse. This stands at 18.3m and weighs 25 tonnes. We only had 25 mins stop here, so we quickly grabbed a coffee and somethi...