We were so excited about renting a campervan, hadn't driven in 6 months! Finally the day came around and we were picked up from our hostel and taken 30 km out into the suburbs (in England that'd be into another county but Aussie suburbs are huuuuge). The van was brilliant, it was the cheapest we could find so we weren't expecting much, but it's big. Like a big converted minibus, There's 3 seats in the front, and then behind that thru the side ...

We were excited about coming to Melbourne, we had heard great things about it. First thing after leaving the overnight train was to find our hostel. It was in the CBD so we could walk to it and it turned out pretty nice. We had a 4 bed dorm but for the first 4 nights there we had it all to ourselves. It has a huge kitchen, 2 TV rooms, a dining area with 2 tvs, a pool table, computers and phones, so we were set up. Plus you needed swipe cards to get in everywhere ...