G'Day Possums You lucky people are getting 2 entries today as the website was not working yesterday so could not update with yesterday's activities, so here goes. Richard dropped us at St Kilda and this is where we spent the day. It is the trendy area of Melbourne where all the young people are seen so we obviously fit right in!!!! They have a real nice market here on Sunday and all the things have to be handmade and there were some nice things.The market natu...

G'Day It has been another hectic day and we have spent it in the City. Our first stop was Melbourne Central Station as it is a special place for our family. Although the station has undergone a remodelling it still has the big pocketwatch clock where my Grandad used to sit drinking coffee and people watching whenever he came to Australia. And any family that visits Melbourne will go and spend a few minutes there and think of him. Once we left the station it was a...

G'Day Its our 2nd day in Melbourne and we have had another great day, after 10 hours asleep in a comfy bed we got up and went for breakfast with Jill and Richard to Auntie Cora's favourite place by the sea but it was closed so we went to Jill and Cora's place at the garden centre (and it was beautiful) To burn off the breakfast we took Archie (the dog) for a walk around the oval and played a little fetch which was real good fun!!! Did not need any lunch as the...

G'Day from Melbourne Well here we are in Melbourne, after an early and bumpy flight we arrived bright and early and headed straight for the city. Its been a long day today but we have still managed to fit in a little light sightseeing around the city after coffee and lunch with Richard we were let loose on our own!!! We had a walk down by the Yarra river and admired the city skyline and tried to formulate a plan. After a few minutes we decided that a free tram...

Today has been our last full day in NZ and we have just been tying up a few loose ends. Dropped the hire car back and I was a little worried as there were a few stone chips on the windscreen (the roads over here are full of gravel) and thought we might get charged. After we left without incurring any costs and got to the hotel Mel realised that we had not paid them for our ferry crossing which we had both totally forgot about. Had a really nice meal in the hote...