On Saturday we met up with Dee, her husband John, and his son Tom for a trip to "Phillip Island". We drove for two hours and reached the beach by 10am. It was a really nice day, the weather was warm and we managed to do some bodyboarding. The beach was quite nice to, although being a bay it had a bit of seaweed. In the evening we all went for a few drinks at a pub nearby. Then Annie, Tom and myself went onto "Brunswick Street" to grab a very nice kebab. On...

Well we have arrived in Melbourne after getting a flight via Singapore from Bali. It only took 10h. We have found one of the main backpacker areas to stay - St Kildas - and have book some nights in the "Coffee Palace" hostel. Although, we have already found that the prices are so much more expensive here - one night is 12 quid!! Tonight we are off to the 'Neighbours' party in a bar down the road. Last night was so surreal. Dr Karl, Todie, Stuart and Conn...

Well we arrived in Bali today. It is really hot and sunny here, 32 degrees. Found a really nice bungalow, "Kedins Inn" on in Kuta beach area - the main strip on the beach. The money is so mad here, I got out a million earlier (Rupea though, not pounds!!!!) We spent the afternoon lying on the beach, and watching the sunset on the water. Off out tonight to discover the nightlife. We have spent the last week really just lying on the beach and chilling out, w...

We arrived in Singapore on Friday afternoon. The journey took 6h from 'Tioman' but it was fine. We have met up with Steve and Sandra Baker, who have offered us a place to stay and have also been so kind as to show us round the city. They have been really good to us. Last night they took us out to dinner at one of the local restaurants, which was really nice. It had lots of stalls and you just ordered lots of dishes from each. Today (Saturday) we...

We got to the Tioman Island via a very frightening speedboat trip - it took three hours and the water was well choppy!!!! But it was all worth it once we arrived, it was a tropical paradise! It is still really rural and quiet. There are palm trees and huge patches of jungle still! Most travel is by boat, but we were at the main resort (still very small) so just walked everwhere! On the boat we met a French couple so we all went together to find acco...