It was an exciting and worrying time as we introduced Monica to a pair of keen French travellers. They seemed impressed with the exterior but wanted an inspection for the interior. It was a sensible option for them but meant we had to drive out of the centre of Melbourne to stay in a service station an then drive back in at rush hour in the morning! Both James and I were nervous, would Monica pass the test, would they buy it? She went into Kmart and we had eve...

Another great tip from Rob was the little gem Wilsons Promantary or 'The Prom'. The Prom is a national park peninsula on the south coast. It has fabulous views across the Bass strait, lovely bush walking and a stunning coast line. We spent two days here enjoying walks around the southern point. As it is a national park there is plenty of wildlife that are used to human presence and are pretty tame. We saw more wombats in the evening (I love these animals!) w...

We crossed the border into Victoria and went to Cape Conran. This was another spot we had been recommended to visit by J&H and it was a really picturesque beach with a look out that was similar to the Whitsundays. We ventured across the rising tide so we could visit an unexplored section of the beach. When I saw unexplored I mean not as popular as you have to wade thigh high through the water. We found a nice camping spot right next to the Snowy river wh...

Rob had told us about another national park called Murrawarang And J&H said we had to stop off at potato point and Bermagui. So we did as we are told and visited these great places and a few more. The drive from Canberra along the stunning south coast towards Victoria was delightfully uneventful. We took our time driving the tourist routes, soaking up the beautiful scenes and more than likely annoying other drivers with our chilled out pace. Nothing too e...

West Wing We'd been invited to Canberra to stay with a guy we had met in Argentina. If you have read the other blog you will know him as one of the guys we did the Mendoza bike and wine tour, consequently we met whilst under the influence! It turns out that he is an all round great guy whether intoxicated or not and despite the rumours we found Canberra to be a new nice city. The only complaint was its temperature at night, which is bloody freezing! We arriv...