Last Oz blog!I'd spent the 30th and 31st of Jan in Melbourne on my way back from Tassie to make sure I could have a decent webcam chat with Ciara on her birthday. On the 1st Feb I caught a train to Geelong about an hours journey out of Southern Cross station. At Geelong I swapped to a coach and travelled another 2 hours ish along the Great Ocean Road up to Apollo Bay. They dont call it the Great Ocean Road for nothing. The scenery along the way is stunning. The r...

Thought I'd wrap up Melbourne in one blog entry..After spending 15 hours on a coach on the way down to Melbourne from Wollongong I was pretty shattered but didnt feel at all like sleeping as I was excited to have arrived! Like most cities, Melbourne's layout is pretty grid-like so it wasnt too much trouble finding the hostel, a little place called Elizabeth hostel. The reception is handily situated in the convenience store right next door. In terms of facilities ...

Blog time...After leaving Byron Bay, Ciara and I arrived in Sydney tired and weary after 10 hours or so on the coach. We met up with Ciara's friend Jennie who had travelled an equally long distance up from Melbourne. Together we caught the train out of Sydney Central and up to Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, about a 2 hour journey from Sydney. It didnt take long to realise why so many people vist the area. Almost as soon as we'd left the station and the train sta...