All excited we get up to get sorted for our big wine tasting day today in the Yarra Valley. Kathy kindly grabs the train with us and John drops us off at the station - they are both so good to us, we are so well looked after. We meet our group at the corner of Swanson and Flinders street by St. Paul's Cathedral. We are taken in a small mini bus to the Yarra Valley stopping first at the Yarra Station where we learn how to gurgle and inspect the wine - we are told...

Chilled one today we head off for a Graussie BBQ which is a Greek Aussie BBQ basically and probably one of the best we've had. We meet Kathys mum who is our hostess with the mostess and her aunt and niece - lovely bunch. Sitting in the sun, John's got the meat on the go and we get stuck into the nibbles of stuffed sweet peppers and vine wrapped rice parcels - lush!! It feels like we're in Greece with a family of strong greek women, dirty laughs and dishing out o...

Today we are going to try and make up for missing Ben perform last night and head into the pub he manages for an acoustic session. Matt grabs his guitar and has been practicing with the ever so talented Helena singing Ed Sheeran and Lorde. We head in for a bite around 1pm and Ben arrives early with his wife Amanda. Craic is great and we are pretty spoilt with Bens hospitality. The acoustic duo get up onstage and do a few tunes and after a while Matt and Helena p...

Hangovers galore today, John is taking us sightseeing in Melbourne city - to help cure us we have the hair of the dog and start with a walk along St Kildea beach. We spot a bung of eejits running around playing football with the upper part of their bodies contained in a mini zorb ball - it's hilarious looking. We head to the Espie a famous music venue and bar and after John beats Jacq at pool we chill with a drink before making tracks to the Victoria market. We...

With a big day on the cards we set off around 10am and head off on the great ocean road, stopping at a beach which is full of school kids and buses out bodyboarding. We're amazed at how much more fun their field trips must be - imagine a day off surfing with your mates as part of the curriculum eh!? We head off in search of the twelve apostles - it's a busy area but easily accessed via boardwalks. They are stunning, no longer twelve of them standing probably mor...