Day 61 - Apollo Bay to Warrnambool, Gt Ocean Road Well what a difference a day makes - we woke to blue skies and sunshine - yippee. I really do think that I suffer from S.A.D. as my mood changes so much when the sun shines! The B&B we are staying in, whilst being really nice serves breakfast between 8am and 9am so no lie in for us this morning. We took advantage of the change in the weather to get a few photos in the sun before we set off along the Gre...

Day 60 - Melbourne to Apollo Bay A day of travelling today as we hit the Great Ocean Road which started obviously by picking up a hire car in Melbourne. The girl tried to offer us an upgrade to a sport car which she was trying to tell us would have better road holding for the bends. Our response was that we had managed to negotiate New Zealand's bends in a camper van that had absolutely no road holding capabilities at all so we would be fine in an ordinary sa...

Day 59 - Melbourne Well it's stopped raining but the weather hasn't improved much as it is now cold and cloudy rather than wet and humid, I'm not sure which is worse and no immediate sign of much improvement anytime soon. We had thought that if today was nice we might head down to Phillip Island and watch the penguins come ashore but it is around 150km outside of Melbourne and consequently about a 5hr round trip so abandoned that idea and headed for the Victori...

Day 58 - Melbourne Melbourne and it's raining, but we only have two full days here so the sightseeing has to go on in spite of the weather. It's out with the umbrella and off we go; I expect we will spend longer on the tram today rather than walking even though most of the sights are relatively close. Headed off and stopped first at the Waterfront and Docklands area. They have their own walk of fame here along with some statues of some famous Aussies. Bill ...

Day 57 - Katoomba, Blue Mountains - Melbourne I'm so tired…….we had the alarm set for 6:30 and so why did I have to wake up at 3:10 and not be able to doze off again! Mind you just as well we left when we did as the 90min journey took over 2 ½ hrs. Needless to say I was in severe panic mode as we crawled along the M4 back to Sydney stopping every few yards; that will sound familiar to anyone who makes the journey to London along either the M3 or M4. W...