The Great Ocean Road At 7:30am we were on our merry way to experience the famous Great Ocean Road. It is one of the world's most beautiful and naturally maintained secrets. Every twist and turn exposes you to stretches of broad, uninterrupted beaches, dramatic coastlines and the lush rainforests of the Otway Ranges. Ok so we copied that bit of the website but it is very true. It was a lovely, if busy day! We stopped off at Bells Beach,one of Australia's famo...

5.2.10 We Arrive in Melbourne - pouring rain and floods in the Western suburbs . Trying to avoid a hurricane and we walk right into a flood. We were, however, pleasantly surprised by the three people offering help at 6:30am in the morning in the pouring rain. We loved Melbourne already. We find the hostel after wading through what seemed like two foot of water for 20minutes. It was 7am. With 6 hours before we could check in we amused ourselves as best as poss...

Adieu NSW, G'day Melbourne4.2.10 Checked out of The Outback Lodge and with a fist full of deposit money we made our way to the Manly Travel Centre. We were out of there on the first 12 hour bus to Melbourne. It only took Maz an hour to lose all the tickets and paperwork. Thank God the Australian's really don't care about such things and let us on the bus and in the hostel anyway. Nothing like keeping us on our toes... The bus didn't leave until 7pm so we mad...