So basically the last few days have consisted of broomball! We have played 5 games.....won 4 and tied one. We are in 1st place at this point. We have one more game this afternoon and then tomorrow are the finals! There are 4 other teams playing in the tournament.....Queensland, New South Wales, Australia Capital Territory(Canberra) and South Australia. We have played New South Wales twice and they have been our strongest competition....very hard fought games! The...

Had a great sleep until 5am....then could not get back to sleep! It would appear 5am is my new wake up time!! Early rise means an early start on the road. Had breakfast at the hostel, there are floor to ceiling windows in the eating area....a big beautiful parrot slammed right into the window.....fell to the ground.....then just as fast took off! Not sure who got more of a fright....me or the bird!! With another forecast of rain and wind I was not too excited abo...

I awoke this morning before the 38 university students did and had a nice quiet breakfast....cut to 1/2 hr later and the place was chaos....I packed up and hit the road by 8am! I figured this was far to early for my 90km drive to my next hostel.....cut to 9 hrs later and I arrived at my hostel in Apollo Bay! What a horrible yet beautifully glorious day!! The weather was ****! The sun did shine a few times during the day, but for the most part it was sideways torr...

So I made my way to Torquay about 1.5 drive south of Melbourne.....the beginning of the Great Ocean Road. I survived a couple of roundabouts and some very interesting in town driving! Have a room to myself tonight, easing myself into the hostel life! Arrived to find out two tour groups of university kids are taking over the place tonight.....thankfully I have ear plugs!! With my vehicle parked for the day ( too tired for safe driving) I went for a walk down to th...

Landed safe and sound in Melbourne! Another long flight, however sleep passed the time! It is Saturday morning here in Australia and I left Vancouver on Wednesday! Jumped ahead a day...I feel like I missed a night of sleep! Customs was a zoo.....5 international flights landing at the same time and lines like I have never seen before!! Finally made my way through that chaos and got my rental. My idea was to get the smallest car, however just my luck I got an upgra...