*AM* Oh my God. I love Melbourne. I've only been here a few hours and just popped back to the hostel to pick up my phone and I had to come on and tell you how great it is. I woke up this morning and went to the Queen Victoria Market which was amazing; absolutely huge and full of EVERYTHING! We brought Kangaroo steak for dinner after recommendation...!! There are cafes with terraces everywhere and its a beautifully sunny day. There is such a great atmosphere. I sa...

Hey guys, I have just arrived at my hostel in Melbourne (NOMADS Industry - lush!) The flight wasn't too bad and the transfer was easy peasy. I havnt been able to see much of anything as I've litterally just arrived and its already dark. But it doesnt seem too cold and we've got loads of stuff to do already; neighbours tour, neighbours night, zoo, penguins, koala's, kangaroos, market, tram etc. etc. etc. !! Tonight we're meeting Tom's auntie Rosie and her family f...

After a lovely ly in, we headed for a little walk around good old Christchurch. We met up with Camilla (friend from magicbus) and took a look around the museum. We just spent most of the day hanging out around Christchurch. It was a lovely day - first day of flip flop wearing for me! So it was really nice just to enjoy the sunshine. Tomorrow... AUSTRALIA!

Today our super duper sweet Magic Driver let us cruise up to Kaikoura FREE so we could swim with dolphins. It was a pretty easy and quick journey there; about 3 hours. Once we got there we were suited and booted with our gear, yet again I was sporting another highly attractive outfit... Yes thats right, a wetsuit, boots, flippers, gloves, a balaclava, and a snorkel. God I looked good. Anyway, they took us out on the boat for about 40 minutes before we caught up w...

Today we had a pretty boring journey straight to Christchurch but got here quite early which was a nice treat. Its a great city; lots of restaurants, bars, shops etc... with big pedestrianised roads. Its up there with Queenstown as one of my favourite. Although, everywhere seems so quiet but perhaps thats just because I'm so used to bustling London. We're staying in BASE which is... OK, but we've got three days here which leaves us lots of time for sights, chilli...