Wilsons Promontory and Lakes Entrance, Australia (8th Jan 2008) As soon as we clambered onto our Oz Experience bus we realised we were in for a treat as our driver/guide was, well, enthusiastic puts it lightly! There were around twenty of us on the bus and our nightmare came true when Gollum (as he referred to himself as) handed the microphone back and demanded we all give an introduction to ourselves. We contemplated faking being asleep but for fear of being ...

Great Ocean Road, Australia (6th Jan 08) We had been wondering for a few days what was the best way we would be able to go see the Great Ocean Road, the beach's and the amazing scenery. We were torn between paying a fortune to go on a mini bus tour group tour and paying a fortune to rent ourselves a car for the day. The choice became so much easier when we got back to Leah's house and she said, "Hey shall I drive us down the Great Ocean Road at the weeken...

Melbourne, Australia (3rd Jan 08) After having to check out of the hostel at 10am we thought it would be easier to just go the airport and wait there even though our flight wasn't till 4 in the afternoon. At the desk we got offered an earlier flight as they had a cancelled flight later on and needed as many free seats on our original flight as possible. So an hour later we were on our way back down to Melbourne. Leah, a girl who we met on the Vietnam leg of ou...

Melbourne, Australia (19th Dec 2007) We arrived in Melbourne after a lengthy flight from Shanghai then a transfer from Sydney. Rather than give in and get a taxi to our hostel we decided to get the tram as Mark was familiar with the city and the directions to the hostel seemed pretty easy. After lugging our backpacks halfway across the city (that's what it felt like in the unfamiliar heat we were experiencing) we made it to our tram stop and hopped on board. W...