We're getting very lazy! The hostel provide free breakfast until 9.30, but we seem to struggle getting up so after breakfast we go back to bed for a bit! This means that we don't get going till nearly lunchtime some days! Oops! Anyhoo, we set off from the hostel and walked along the river towards the city. We followed it for quite a way, passing many impressive buildings and black swans! We found the botanical gardens and walked around them. We had a lovely walk ...

We wandered into town and caught the free tram round to the 'backpacker area' where we were assured that we would find a good deal on hiring a car! We had a mooch in a few places before settling on the cheapest, obviously! We are collecting another little Getz next Tuesday until Friday to do the great ocean road. We then headed back into town towards the shopping area and mooched through one of the shopping areas. We had Sushi for lunch and continued to mooch. ...

The bus journey wasn't too bad and we got into Melbourne at about 8 am. We only got about 3hours sleep so we were pretty tired! The coach was not as comfortable as the Canadian greyhound's, they were newer but less spacious. We decided to walk to the hostel as it was only about a 10-15 minute walk plus it was rush hour so the tram would have been busy. It was too early to check in to hostel but they stored our bags for us until we could check in. They let us th...

The bus journey wasn't too bad and we got into Melbourne at about 8 am. We only got about 3hours sleep so we were pretty tired! The coach was not as comfortable as the Canadian greyhound's, they were newer but less spacious. We decided to walk to the hostel as it was only about a 10-15 minute walk plus it was rush hour so the tram would have been busy. It was too early to check in to hostel but they stored our bags for us until we could check in. They let us th...

We were up and about early this morning as we had to check out of the hostel. We left our bags in lockers and popped to the post office to send a box of 'things' home! Hopefully our bags will be lighter now and the parcel should arrive home just before we do in March as it takes about 3months via sea mail! We also did a few other bits and bobs around the shops. We popped to the library to catch up and then made our way to the Royal Australian Mint. On the map it...