Nothing like a Valentine's day snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef to distract me from the fact it would have been Mat and my 8 year anniversary. So there I was, on the 'Ocean Free' a beautiful sailing ship, sailing out of Cairns for two hours to make my way to Green Island. The skies were blue, the sea was calm, the sun was beating down on me and I couldn't be happier. I met so many interesting people on board - the pilot from Holland who told me about all the ...

After a deep sleep we were on our way into Ivanhoe for their traditional Sunday morning coffee and breakfast. The owner of the café was a marvel in himself. Joy introduced me briefly as their friend from England and an hour later as we are leaving he waves goodbye from the top of the road 'Pleasure to meet you Maz, good luck on your travels!' Now THAT is customer service. I don't think I would even be able to point him out on the street let alone tell you his ...

Our last day as the 'tremendous trio'. So we thought we would end our little adventure with a bang. By 9:30am we were waiting in the wrong place to take a river cruise down the Yarra River, however by the time we found the right place and checked the tour times we would not have made it for the day's highlight so we spent the morning wondering around the South Bank in the sunshine and enjoying our last few hours together. At 12pm we were in the 'Official Neig...

A very lazy day indeed. Maz made it up for a Skype date after 3 hours of sleep and then nothing else happened for the rest of the day until 7pm (after a couple of hours in McD's and Subway) when we braved the rain and made it up to the Eureka SkyDeck. Definitely worth the free ticket we got to see it. Once up there the rain cleared, the city lights were turned on and it was stunning. 360degree views of Melbourne at night whilst having a cheap and delicious coff...

The clock struck 6:45pm and there we (Annie, Amy, Lissie and Maz) were, standing on the corner of a dark street surrounded by men and women in corsets, dark make-up and funny accents. No we were not in line for Hanson tickets, we were on our way to see 'Dracula' - A cabaret extravaganza. We were really not sure what to expect but we got our glad rags on and our cocktail vouchers and hoped for the best... the best it certainly was. We were piled into a small ro...