It was clear to see Melbourne was a bigger city than we had experienced in the rest of Australia. Arriving in 39 degrees, with a hot wind in our face, we headed straight for St. Kilda beach, which was packed out with school leavers, so we actually ended up lying in a grassy park nearby. The heat was so aggressive we both retreated into the shade of a big tree. I (James) still managed to get my run in, but suffered afterwards, even after drinking three litres of...

We collected another hire car in Adelaide, where we literally stayed for one night and left early the next day!! To us, it seemed like yet another small city! We had a 800km drive ahead of us to Melbourne, via the Great Ocean Road, dubbed as one of the best drives in the world!! The first day we were a little ambitious and tried to get all the way into Victoria in one drive - we failed and made it to within 50km of the border! We ended up camping overnight i...