Our first full day in Melbourne was Thursday. We spent the day finding our way around the city and scoping out what was happening over the next few days whilst we're in the area. On Thursday evening, Alex and Aliesje took us to their favourite local restaurant. This was a great place with really friendly staff and amazing Malaysian food. Alex tried kangaroo for the first time - in a curry - it tasted just like beef! I had a king prawn, scallop and squid curry - y...

After over 1000kms on the road we've finally made it to Melbourne - only about another 7000kms to go until we get to Broome, our final destination on the West Coast! We left Bermagui last Wednesday morning (10th Feb) and headed to "Blue Pools" - a swimming pool built into some rocks fed by sea water. It was pretty cool to be swimming around in calm (although cold!) sea water whilst a few metres away sea waves were crashing against the rocks. Whilst the...