Day 8 Grampians National Park via The Great Ocean Road to Princetown Last night we arrived at the hostel in the dark and couldn't appreciate the beautiful surroundings of the mountains. This morning we have breakfast and have chance to take in the breathtaking scenery, the fresh air and the wildlife. Our tour guide takes us to the village cricket ground. It is swarmed by kangaroos feeding on the grass; I suppose it's a cheap way of cutting the grass. Next we ...

Day 7 Adelaide to Grampians National Park This morning I say goodbye to Katie and her family and head for the centre of Adelaide at 6 o' clock in the morning. A bus is picking me up to take me on a three day adventure tour from Adelaide to Melbourne but at the moment I'm just thinking how crazy I am for getting out of bed so early. Once on the bus I meet a bubbly girl called Mel, she's Dutch and can speak perfect English. She has just been to Ayers Rock and is s...

Day 6 Today Katie and I go down to Adelaide Bay, home of Leighton Hewitt. The first thing I see along the beach are two camels, here they offer camel rides instead of donkey rides.It's still too cold for sunbathing so we make ourselves busy drinking coffee and shopping in the many surf and beach shops. Deciding not the stop our flow of shopping we head to the city. In the city there are free trams to get you round the centre. It's strange because the high stre...

Day 5 This morning, while having a breakfast, I see a man outside in the garden. He looks like a Ghost Buster with a big pack on his back and a tube in his hand. Katie says it's the local snake man, he has come to spray the perimeter of the garden to stop snakes coming onto the patio. Two years ago one of Katie's dogs died from being bit by a poisonous snake so now they're not taking any chances. Today we go to Cledon Park right up in the Adelaide hills, this ...

Day 4 Today Katie and I meet up with her sister and brother in law to do a tour of the Adelaide vineyards. Adelaide wine makers are very experienced and have even travelled to places in Europe to share their expertise. I'm not a great lover of wine in England but this wine is going down very well. In the evening we have dinner with Katie's family and friends. One of Katie's mum's friend has just retired at the age of sixty so her colleagues all clubbed togethe...