So, the last day in Melbourne was emotional. The weather is a bit dodge there but we grew to really love the place. It began with the obligatory trip to Melbourne Museum for some free internet usage. Here we had plenty of time to organise our Great Ocean Road trip, but decided against it... The only other thing we had left to do in Melbournia was the Eureka Skydeck which we did in the evening and got to see some fantastic views of the city at night. After that we were finished with Melbourne and were ready for our road trip.

To say the road trip was eventful would be an understatement. We could have been killed too many times to count but were having too much fun to care about it. The first trip on the road was the Wicked depot to pick up our camper. Straight away we realised we should have spent some time planning this trip once we spent what seemed like hours walking up and down the wrong street looking for a bus stop and then once we found it making several hundred trips back and forth across the road trying to figure out which way we wanted the bus to go. Fortunately for us, there was a friendly couple of Australians who offered to give us a lift to the depot in their car. In hindsight this probably wasn't such a good idea as I've read a book on how serial killers operate and this is masterplan numero uno for murderers. Fortunately they weren't crazy and we got there in one piece. Anyone who has seen the campers Wicked provides knows they are all really old, rusty and covered in graffiti. This is part of their charm. The problem is - some of them are quite offensive. We were greeted with a camper that was decorated in a bondage theme with the slogan ''Master of the p**** ' written across it with gimps and bondage cartoons drawn over the sides. A group in front of us got this van and they seemed as horrified as we were. Our van was decorated by children, so it wasn't offensive but was a bit of an eyesore. It's name was Jim's Brazilian, but we renamed him Sex Panther, because as it turned out; 50% of the time, it worked everytime. Even the guy at the depot struggled to start him.

First stop was Torquay. Awesome for surf shops and beaches. We did a bit of shopping as it was cheap and then headed to the beach to watch some surfing and kite surfing. Then we headed to Bells Beach, and then through to Anglesea for some fish and chips on the beach. We didn't know where to sleep for the night, but we had been told that if somewhere doesn't say you can't stay there, then you can stay there. This probably wasn't accurate, but we weren't going to argue. First night we stayed on top of the look-out point over Anglesea and watched the sun set. This area is a surfing mecca though so we spent the night rocking to-and-fro under the gale force winds. We survived though to watch the sun rise in the morning. When we pulled back the curtains to leave, however, we realised there were a group of tourists who had all come up to watch the sun rise too, but we had parked in front of it. Next, (once we got the van started) we headed to Airleys Inlet for some pancakes on the beach (we like eating on beaches) before a quick stroll up to the lighthouse which was used in the less-than-awesome kids TV show 'Round the Twist' and then some tea and scones in a tea house round the corner. Then we drove to Lorne where the beaches become less surfy and so you can swim in the sea. We did some bodysurfing and sunbathing and then headed to Erskine Falls and Teddy's Lookout where they have an incredible view of the Great Ocean Road and also a view of the National Park that they were burning down that day. For the night we had heard about a free campsite in the National Park that we hoped hadn't been burned down. It was slightly off the beaten track, so after 45 minutes of driving through the woods we finally found where to park up. We were all alone, at night, in a foreign country, in the woods, but somehow that seemed fine. Besides when we looked into the trees we saw loads of koala's just chilling out so what's dangerous about that? Day Three began with more pancakes on the beach at Skenes Creek. By this time we were a tad pissed off with pancakes as they took about 45 minutes to cook with the gas fire we had and Skenes Creek was so windy it kept blowing out the flames. Two raw pancakes later we headed to Apollo Bay hoping to go kayaking with the seals. Unfortunately it was too windy so we headed up to Marriners Falls, which was another ball-ache journey miles further than advertised, only to be greeted when we arrived with a sign saying it was a 4km walk away... It was worth it though and we went swimming under the waterfall. We ran out of water so did our best Bear Grylls impression and filled our bottle with the water from the waterfall which only tasted slightly contaminated. Next we headed to Blankett Bay following some advice from our Lonely Planet guide. The guide was way off the mark though and we renamed it w***ett Bay because it was s***. It took too long to get there, like everything, the beach was w***, the water was cold and shallow, covered in rocks and when we got out to dry off we were attacked by flies. w***ett Bay is w***, don't go there. It was Siobhan's idea so when we run out of petrol half-way to our destination I was not pleased. Driving an automatic doesn't help either. Luckily for us we rolled into a little hick town with a crazy inbred shop that had some petrol for sale at ridiculous prices. Along with taking all of our money, the crazy inbred owner of the shop gave us some advice on where to stay the night. We headed up there because glow worms come out at night. It was this little rainforest that has some camping facilities so we cooked eggs on the rusty BBQ and had egg sandwiches for tea. When the sun went down we headed out into the forest alone to catch the glow worms. It was scary to start with but the glow worms were pretty awesome and lit up the sides of the pathway. Well worth it. Then we thought about why the crazy hillbilly was so helpful. At the time the only conclusion we could come to was that he must send all backpackers up to this secluded area to kill them and dispose of their bodies quietly. Terrified we decided to flee to the nearest town for the night. Turns out, there wasn't a nearest town. We had two choices - park illegally and possibly get fined or pay to stay in a campsite... We bit the bullet and headed to the campsite. When we got there no one was manning the reception desk so we crept off into a spot for the night. When we woke up no one was manning it either so we sped off as quickly as possible. We weren't paying $14 for a night! First stop of day four was Gibsons Steps. Unfortunately nothing offensive rhymes with Gibsons so we couldn't think of a humorous alternative. s***sons? Don't know. Anyway they are basically just steps. Clues in the title I guess, but why is that a tourist attraction? Literally, steps down from the car park... w***. Then we went to the Twelve Apostles which were awesome and then up to Bay of Islands, The Grotto and London Bridge which were also pretty cool. This is pretty much the end of the Great Ocean Road, so it was just the drive to Adelaide to do. After a long day driving we stopped in a place called Robe. It's a beach town and seemed really nice. We thought we'd sleep on the beach this time because you're able to drive onto the beach there. Siobhan got a nice photo of herself on the camper, pulled the camper into a more secluded area and then sunk into the sand. Stranded, we frantically tried to dig out the tyre and were joined by some holidaymakers and their dog Millie who just jumped around a lot and got in the way. This didn't work and we were joined by some locals who seemed like they had done this kinda thing before and towed us out of the sand. They also showed us a picture of what had happened to someone else whose car had sank into the sea. Thankful this wasn't us, we parked just off the beach in the car park for the night. The next day was another long boring drive until we reached Adelaide where we dropped off the van.

So we had an awesome time on the Great Ocean Road and now we're in Adelaide and are thinking about doing some more work to replenish our funds. Adelaide is a cool place with lots of festivals going on and lots of wine tours which we'll be getting in on. Update again soon.