It had been raining on and off all night but by morning the rain was torrential and looked like it was set in for the day. The stream nearby which was a trickle yesterday was now a raging torrent. Luckily it was in a dip and unlikely to flood us out. We had intended to get the bus into the city after breakfast but decided to delay the journey for as long as we could in the hope that the rain would ease. We had to make a dash for the amenities block. We had one wa...

Despite the heat we had a good nights sleep as we were absolutely knackered. We got up late and after a leisurely brekkie we went to find a Big W to do some shopping. The shopping centre was nicely air conditioned and you forget just how hot it is outside. When we came out it was like walking into an oven. It was incredibly hot again today. We then put Pin Oak Court in the suburb of Vermont South into the Tom Tom and off we went. For those of you who don't know P...

We both slept eventually but were awake before the ship's wake up announcement at ten past five. We were absolutely knackered. The sea was very calm now as we were within Port Phillip Bay. We were both very keen to get off the ferry and be back on the Australian mainland. We got the call to go to the car deck and went to find our little home. She was patiently waiting for us. At last we were off and driving down the ramp onto Melbourne's early morning streets. It...

We were both very excited to be going into Melbourne and after breakfast we walked down to the tram stop in Coburg which took about 15 minutes. The girl on reception at the camp site had explained the new ticketing system on Melbourne's transport network to me yesterday. They had introduced a new cashless ticketing system, Myki, at the beginning of this year. You could no longer pay cash on the trams and you had to purchase a Myki card for $6 from a shop and get ...

The camper van was booked in for it's second service today. I had booked it into K-Mart Tyre & Auto Services in Geelong. It was literally two minutes from the camp site and we took it there at 10. The guy at K-Mart said it would be ready at around 2-3pm but he'd try earlier if he could. Without the camper we were homeless for a few hours. We decided to go for a mooch around. We wandered over to the Barwon River first and had a walk along the riverbank and thr...