I had hoped to go to St Kilda on my last day in Melbourne but the weather forecast wasn't too great. Instead I took the train out of the city to meet my friend Lauren from high school. It was great to see her after all this time, I hadn't seen her since year 13! She took me up to the Dandenong ranges; areas if Victorian rainforest for some walks and a great catchup. Pots of tea and a chocolate eclair (couldn't resist) and then lunch. Unfortunately the weather di...

After moving all my luggage across town to another hostel, due to bookings, I took a quick walk around the Queen Victoria market and then got picked up just before 2pm. It was time to take a trip to Phillip Island and see the Penguins!! First stop was a wildlife sanctuary that held a collection of Australia's native wildlife including birds, koalas, kangaroos and wallabies. I got to feed both kangaroos and wallabies (wallabies are much cuter). Only to find, when...

I had little sleep before I had to get up to get to the airport for my flight to Melbourne. By the time I arrived in Australia (before 8am local time) I was exhausted. We had a slight delay getting of the plane, due to a gentleman being taken ill during the flight. The paramedics were ready and waiting when we arrived, luckily it was nothing serious. I took the shuttle from the airport into central Melbourne, finding my hostel by 10am I was annoyed to find I cou...