I had a terrible slleep some American guy woke us all up at 6am looking for his flippin' sandal! How annoying! The weather was really bad today so me, Patrick and Lara (a new girl to the dorm) went to the cinema. We got a tram into the city and spent a while walking round the Crown Casino Complex which is huge!! We bought tickets to see the new Spielberg film "Munich" but we had an hour to wait until the film so we went in the amusement arcade and frittered $10 o...

Hi guys, I am now in Melbourne!! I got my Jetstar flight from Hobart for 35 pounds. I am now in Base Backpackers in St Kilda, I'm probably going to do a Great Ocean Road trip with others instead of driving as Rob can't make it. I have been out in the hostel bar with a few Londoners who are actually quite fun to be around unlike previous experiences! I played a pool competition with Simon and Eten and came 4th-that's ok isn't it given I rarely play it!! We we...

Chilling out today, enough said. Oh and heard Scotland got France and Italy in qualifiers..Doh! I walked down to the market square and Salamanca Place where I updated the journal. I then walked back to the hostel and made my own wraps to save money. It's quite cold today with an overcast sky just like a miserable Scottish day. I had gnocchi again this evening, I went up to my dorm and found the girls playing with the hostel cat (who I named Oscar). He...

We got the ferry to Bruny Island today. We drove through the island to Adventure Bay and had lunch. The beach was gorgeous with clear water and white sand. We drove to the Penguin Lookout on the causeway but couldn't see any penguins. We walked up the sand dune to the aboriginal memorail to Truganini (the last Tasmanian Aborigine) we read the information plaque; she had a hard life, her sisters were stolen by whalers, her husband was killed by convicts and her p...

We had breakfast early then headed towards the Cradle Mountain Park. I was driving and the roads were pretty treachorous. The most windy roads I've ever driven. We arrived at Dove Lake and saw the spectacular Cradle Mountain. The only annoying thing is the swarm of huge flys that are everywhere(they look like bees but don't sting). I drove us further south to Queenstown and the lunar landscape that surrounds it. My rough guide says that's because of the mass expl...