Have our clothes shrunk or are we getting bigger???? We were starting to feel quite tired after a few long days and early mornings so were happy just to spend a day relaxing at the hostel and checking out the local markets for some presents to send back home. The market was full of a range of Australian gifts, paintings, cards and clothing but didn't have the one thing we were looking for…an Australian bandana (which we wanted to attach to something we have ...

A trip to Ramsey Street Our final trip with Bunyip was the Neighbours Tour that would take us to the sights of the famous Ramsey Street (or Pinot Court as it's really called). Yes, it's an actual street where regular people live! For this trip we had to make our own way to the Bunyip office which was a good 35 minute walk from our hostel. We arrived early so stopped off at the café next door to share a croissant filled with cheese and ham - yummy. The tour ...

Phillip Island For the second day running, we had booked to go on a day tour with Bunyip. After enjoying the previous day at Mornington, we were eagerly anticipating our trip to Phillip Island. The bus picked us up at the hostel once more at 11am, driven by our new driver and tour guide Steve. Once again, we were the first to be picked up.After doing the rounds picking people up around the city, the bus headed back to the office at which point everyone had to...

Sun, Sea, Strawberries and Spas Today was our first organised trip of our travels so we were quite looking forward to being driven around and having a chance to get to see a bit more of Victoria. Just an hour out of Melbourne is the spectacular Mornington Peninsula (a place that had first come to our attention after catching one of those 'place in the sun' type programmes at home) and we were hoping it looked as it did on the TV and it definitely lived up to our...

Melbourne - Our newest favourite city! Sorry we haven't written for a few days, we had gotten a little behind with the blog and so bringing it up-to-date along with exploring a fantastic new city has been a job! We arrived in Melbourne on Saturday night, checking in to the hostel at around 8pm. Almost immediately, we knew the hostel would be perfect for us as it looked clean, modern, big and friendly with lots to see and do. After a quick explore of the buildi...