We gave the van a good clean inside and out and left the caravan park in search of a nicer hostel than the previous we'd stayed in in Melbourne. It wasn't hard, after a little search we found one called Habitat in St Kilda. Melbournes' seaside suburb that was apparantly once home to drug dealers, prostitutes and punk rockers, and as you can imagine now, is a pretty cool place to be, with lots of music and alternative people. We both loved it! Our main aim whilst...

We set off from Apollo Bay to do the second halfof the Great Ocean Road. This part of the drive involved going along coastal roads with literally a cliff edge on one side, mixed with the beautiful sunshine, it mad for some amazing scenery. The highlight of this part of the drive though, was going through the roads lined with gum trees with heaps of koalas climbing around in them. Apart from the one we'd seen high up in a tree at Margarets in Renmark, these were ...

Today we began the Great Ocean Road, a 250km coastal drive with stunning scenery mixed in with a bit of mountaneous rainforest. We were looking forward to it. To begin the day we went to whale watching station in Warrnambool before we left. They'd had 3 whale sightings in the past week so we thought we might get lucky and catch a glimpse of one. Unfortunately we didn't see any, but we did see two surfers riding some bloody big waves which was pretty cool. Also, ...

After our Weet-Bix, we were back on the road. Our aim was to make it to Mount Gambier, the Limestone Coasts' major town, by lunch. We did this without a problem, driving through two small towns, Beachport and Millicent, along the way. When we arrived in Mt. Gambier we had some lunch and went to see its main attraction, The Blue Lake. Sat on a volcano, the deep blue lake turns a really strong, bright blue in the summer months. Unfortunately when we saw it, it was...

We arrived in Mildura on Easter sunday not expecting to find a campsite with spaces, but found a big one which sat right on the Murray River. The Murray River here was also the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Our first night was spent drinking with a group of Aussie lads who had been doing watersports on the Murray over the weekend. It was a nice start to our small time in Mildura, but the rest of the 5 days here were spent hunting for jobs, unsucce...