Day 92 We were excited about going to watch our first AFL match and even more so that it was at the MCG. Especially Al as this was an early birthday present for him from his friend Carl. We arrived at 1100 to collect our tickets and the gates opened at 1200 for kick off at 1410. The seats are first come first served and not allocated, so we sat for 2 hours before the game started. Due to it being Richmonds centenary year they had Ozzie Rules Footie on the groun...

Day 91 We had planned to go to the MCG to watch an AFL match tomorrow but had heard that it was going to be busy due to being a centenary anniversary for Richmond. So we decided to go and check that there were some tickets left, luckily there was. From here we went to the Queen Victoria Markets again to buy some things we had forgotten from the supermarket. We also treated ourselves to some chilli corn, mmm! We then went to Melbourne Art Gallery to check out t...

Day 90 We met Lorna's friend Leigh today, as he emigrated to Australia 3 years ago. We had a stroll around Melbourne CBD before heading to Chinatown for lunch. We went to the same chinese that we went to before as the food was cheap and good. We were both cold as we were used to Cairns climate, plus we also needed something to keep our heads warm in New Zealand. So we pulled Leigh around the whole of Melbourne CBD until we found something we liked. At the same...

Day 88-89 After a thoroughly enjoyable night with the rest of the boat we decided to go and get our underwater photos developed. We were both upset to find that ALL of our photos were damaged; we are able to crop some but not all. Fortunately we have made friends with our dive group and we are going to exchange photos as we've seen all of the same things. Al headed back to the hostel whilst Lorna continued updating the blog, to collect some stuff. Al bumped int...

Day 83-87 From the 19th to the 23rd June we were in the hands of Pro Dive, to become certified PADI Openwater divers. We had 2 days in the pool and classroom before our adventure to the Great Barrier Reef for 3 days 2 nights on a liveaboard boat. We were greated by our Instructor Scuba Steve, who was the most enthusiastic and bubbly person we'd ever known. His love for diving certainly shone through...'yeah'. Day 1: We had to pass 3 tests and pass our medical ...