I arrived at Tom and Gills set to do two weeks work before flying up to Brisbane and meeting up with Scott, Lauren, Stu and Jess. The plan was to save some money whilst working at Tom and Gills, and also to avoid some very high flight prices by delaying my departure until June. I settled in quickly, and once again found it really nice to be living as part of the Clark family for a while. Tom and Gill are truely fantastic people, making me really feel like thei...

After taking Wednesday off to explore (and walk my legs off), it was back to work and reality on Thursday and Friday. Both days were spent powering through a project for work - making reasonable progress. I have found working from the appartment is great, because I can sit without interuption and focus, rather than back in hostels where I was working from my dorm room with people coming and going. It is coming to the end of the month and on Friday this meant i...

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 ...

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 ...