Friday Had every intention of getting up this morning, but instead had a giant lie in - mmm mmm. Hopped on the tram into town and discovered it was free transport everywhere today - not sure why but it seems a good idea. Visited the Old Melbourne Gaol as Nik has not been to a prison before, and Hannah is particularly interested in prisons. This one was grim - no biscuits or book club here! Saw lots of cells, read stories about some bad crimes and learned abou...

Sunday Good meal deal dinner last night - Turkey burger with bacon and sausage and Hellmans mayonnaise. Did nothing today as obv Nik is on leg rest, but in the PM we made it across the road to The Barracks, which is a nice enough little shopping/dining area, where we got some food from the supermarket, including fruit and salad which was a revolution. We laid in bed eating our picnic and watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Not a bad Sunday, though little to re...

Tuesday - Back to Brisbane Headed back to Brisbane today, but staying in a less freezing cold hostel this time - City Backpackers. It's actually a very good set-up, it figures as most of the staff are English or Irish. We are staying in a dorm for one night before we meet up with Nik's friend. The dorm is fine, even though we both have top bunks. This is interesting given that a) Hannah is primordial dwarf and b) Nik has had a sore knee and today (after carryi...

Saturday Got up and did the final bits of packing and Nik checked in with his friend - it transpired that we still can't go and stay with him. So as our greyhound tickets are booked, instead of going back to Brisbane right away, we decided to go to Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, as the bus goes through there and it looked like a nice place. Found a hostel and booked it, although we are having to go in shared dorms as there are no private rooms available i...

Tuesday Today we had another leisurely start (well, Hannah annoyed Nik into getting up as he has accustomed himself to about 12 hours sleep a night at the moment). Then we went for our day out. Randy tried to take us to the Tweed Valley art gallery, but it was closed so we will have to go tomorrow. So instead we drove out to Mount Warning National Park. It was very busy as it was a school holiday, but was a lovely piece of rainforest with some pretty little s...