The Great Ocean Road was a beautiful drive and stretch of the coast, long meandering roads with stunning views would've been perfect on a motorbike, or even my road bike if I had a week to do it. I Had imagined the drives we took along the west coast with mind numming straight roads but this was nothing like that. They say Melbourne can have all four seasons in one day, which is true. Well the great ocean road had just as much variety of landscape. Parts remin...

Something I've wanted to do since I first arrived in Melbourne was actually go to a brewery and sample a load of different beers. Well in the penultimate week I finally did it. We went to mountain goats brewery and had a tour around the machines and the storage areas. Learning about the history of the brewery, how they started up and learning about the whole fermentation process, how they use different grains for different flavours, hops for bitterness and natura...

The one thing that stands out about Melbourne is how much of a hospitality city it is. There are hundreds of bars, pubs, clubs and cafes. And among all of these are some quirky bars, one being state of grace, a bar on Collins street where when you walk through to the back there's just a massive bookshelf where if you pull only one of the books the shelf slides away and the stairs lead you to an underground cocktail bar. Another near where we stay you have to go t...

So I applied to work at the crown in my first week in Melbourne when I applied for pretty much every job going in hospitality... But I got a call back from crown a week later for a phone interview, and had a face to face interview a week later.. After being successful with both interviews all that was left was for them to do an Australian police check, an international police check and a uk police check... Well that took another 6 weeks... Then a weeks training l...

So we had already lined up a job before we arrived in Melbourne. We'd met an ozzy while travelling in India who managed to get us a job laying carpets and putting up scaffolding frame work for exhibitions. Well the company is run by two sister.. Fran and Doll. Well they have to be without doubt the rudest and meanest two women I've ever met..! It was some pretty hard long work and working for them was terrible.. But when your trying to set yourself up and need mo...