Sunday Wine Tour! I think this weekend may just have been Hannah's dad's ideal - footy and a wine tour! Today, we went to the Yarra Valley to visit four wineries. The first one (Yering Station) was a nice place, but the wine wasn't great. However, the guy doing the tasting was totally hungover and ridiculous and missed the spitoon. And we still managed to drink our way through the list, all at 11am - good times! The next one we went to, Rochford, was a lovely ...

Saturday Today we went to the Aussie Rules at Melbourne Cricket Ground, total bargain at like $20 a ticket per adult. Also, Pat ran us down there and told us the rules which helped! Two other guys from the hostel also came along which was fun. Plus we sat with Pat's friend who screamed out in death metal style for the duration of the game. We saw Collingwood vs. Carlton, which was a good old rivalry, and made for a fairly energetic crowd, although the atmosphe...

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...