This morning was checkout day at the Claremont Guest house, and I was up bright and early to be ready to leave. Check out is at 10am, and after checking everything was ready I headed back off out in to South Yarra with my two bags in tow. When I came to Australia I was very strict on what I would bring with me. I made sure that I packed light, especially with cloths. Most hostels have laundry facilities and I would rather use those more frequently than carry ...

Today was the last day I had at the Claremont Guest House. I decided to treat myself to a very long lie in, knowing that most of the day was budgeted simply for packing my things to get ready to move back to Melbourne Metro. At about 12pm I got out of bed, got ready, and began collecting my things together in order to leave. I have found in my time out here, that there are things you can do to really help yourself when you are staying in dorms. For example, I...

At 12pm I crawled back out of bed after an early skype session with family at 8am. The internet at the weekend in the hostel seems to drop in performance dramatically, resulting in a very frustrating 20 minutes of trying to talk talk to the family before being completely cut out. After looking at the weather forcast (again fine, dry and hot) Dave and I decided today would be a good day to check out St Kilda beach. The last time I had been, it was only in quick...

After Australia day's antics, getting in and crashing out rather late, I woke up late and was fairly disoriented. I talked to the family on skype and then had to head back to sleep to catch up on some much needed shut eye. I did not wake again until 12pm, before forcing myself to get out of bed. Today was wash day number 2. I got my washing together and headed down to Claremont's wash room. Although far smaller than those at Melbourne Metro, both the washing...

The 26th of January is Australia Day and for non-locals, it is when the British first declared a settlement in Botany Bay in Sydney. Today it is celebrated as a bank holiday across Australia, with parties, fireworks and public shows all over. It is a good day to be in Australia! I woke up and contacted Phil and Cassie who I was going to spend the day with to make arrangements. I quickly headed back down to Frankston on the train, and they collected me at the ...