Happy New Year! On Christmas Eve we had a little trip into Geelong where I managed to find a jumper (at last). It was the coldest Christmas in Melbourne since 1885. 16 degrees isn't that cold, but it felt cold for Australia. We spent the afternoon/early evening at Mel's parents' best friends' house where we ate and drank quite a lot. We had Christmas lunch at Mel's parents. It was a roast - too cold to have a barbecue. We met even more o...

We spent two days in Surfers Paradise. On the first day we spent far too long updating the journal (see previous entry), walked around the shops, slept, and went into town in the evening for a few drinks. We bumped into our friend Owen who we started the Oz Experience with but he'd left us behind in Magnetic Island so it was cool to see a familiar face. The following day we went to the big mall where I continued to replace all the clothes I brought on our ...