Check out from Melbourne Metro was at 10:00, but I managed to be up and out by 09:30. I collected my things, headed down to reception and handed over my door pass. As I was about to leave, I was told there was a refund on my account, and sure enough I scored for £75. A nice surprise! I headed out to Jaspers for one more breakfast before catching the train down to Frankston once again. I have been on public transport very little so far, but I had yet to see ...

I woke up this morning, with the whole day planned out. I was going to do a half day of work, pack my stuff for leaving and then head out for a meal with Adele to say goodbye. I managed 2 out of 3, but when you're backpacking - plans change. After cleaning myself up for the day ahead I headed up to the roof to do another half days work. As I had been working yesterday, things were fresh in my mind and I wanted to capitalise upon that with the free time I had ...

After getting in last night, I spent some time chatting to my current roommates before crashing out. Atm there is a guy from Edinburgh staying in my room who is working at the Australian Open. He is selling the radios that spectators can use to listen to commentary whilst watching the match. He has managed to watch a fair few games as a result, and even had casusal chats with some of the players. I settled down and woke up today with a rather large task list ...

Last night I settled into an evening of collecting information about things to do and sights to see in Melbourne, before getting ready for my first chat with work. There were plenty suggestions on the internet, and one day next week i'm going to put it to an audience vote between two things I would like to do. Catching up with work went well, and tomorrow will be my first full work day whilst I'm away. I spent most of the evening talking back to the uk, before ...

Leaving the hostel following writing my last post I headed to Flinders St Station. The station is one of four on the city loop that services Melbourne and its suburbs with rail. I caught the train at 2pm on the Frankston Line, all the way to Kananook (one stop from the end of the line at Frankston). I have used this line many years ago when I was visiting Australia on a family holiday, but I didnt remember just how far the journey was. Frankston (and further ...