It has been 4 hot, busy days here in Melbourne, with Big Day Out on the first day followed by 2 days of Tennis and one of chilling. Actually this was the plan, but little did we know that the weather was going to go all extreme on us, so for the last 3 days the temperature has been soaring to a blistering 44.5°!!! I can't really say much about Melbourne though, the city seems to be a mix between San Diego, Palo Alto and (sorry..) Pasadena. There are some lovely ...

We have arrived! The Door to door trip from Twickenham to St Kilda took only 29 hours and I think what felt like 10 airplane meals, but it's all good, I am now too tired and excited to say much more. Tomorrow we have Big Day Out(http://www.bigdayout.com/home.php) and then two days at the Australian Open, Melbourne is going to be very exciting. Spotlight on: Fran and I are total hostel virgins but I think we'll survive, although we still don't know who the bell ...