Rosa had offered to take us for a drive around the local area today, calling in at a couple of wineries and a cheese factory - it sounded good to us, especially given the weather, which was still pretty miserable with showers on and off for most of the day. When's the sun going to come out? After breakfast, we set off to our first stop, Milawa Factory, which was a bakery, restaurant and cheese making company. We tried lots of delicious cheeses (parmesan, cheddar...

After a good night's sleep in our four-bed room (luxury compared to some of the bigger dorms we've stayed in!) we headed back to Southern Cross station to get the train to Beechworth. We were going there to stay with Rosa, who we met on the Green Tortoise trip in America, along with her daughter Sally. The train journey had an eventful start - we'd just sat down when a big group of African girls walked past, complaining noisily about people being racist. The trai...

Our last day in our second campervan…a short but sweet trip this time! The Great Ocean Road has been fantastic and we're lucky to have seen it before any more of the famous formations collapse into the sea. Only a matter of time… This morning, we drove on to Lorne, a pretty seaside spot and our last stop before Melbourne. We had a coffee and a look in the shops before setting off to Braybrook, a suburb in West Melbourne. The drive took longer than our guide ...

We had a long way to drive today, so we got up early and were at the caves before they opened at 9am! We booked ourselves onto the 9:30 tour of the Alexandra Cave, and paid extra to look around the fossil exhibition and the Wet Cave. We looked around the Fossil exhibition first, which was a recreation of animals that used to exist in the area thousands of years ago. They found this by examining fossils found in the caves underground. A lot of the models moved an...