Day 134 - Melbourne, the last day in Oz and our sum up! Monday 27th February 2012 We were up, packed and out of the house by 10.30am and so headed to a little café on the front in Lorne for a farewell coffee. After our flat whites we waved goodbye to Ben, Gillian and the kids and started our drive to Melbourne airport to drop off mum and Stu. After about an hour we arrived at the airport and unloaded the car of all mum and Stu's stuff - this consisted of 3 sui...

Day 132, 133 - Lorne - Saturday 25th, Sunday 26th February 2012 We got up breakfast with everyone including Ben, Gillian and there lovely kids Lachlan and Phoebe (they had arrived the night before whilst we were out looking for glow-worms!). After a breakfast of good old peanut butter on toast and also, on Bens advice, peanut butter with strawberry jam (it was pretty nice surprisingly), we headed down to the beach, all except Gillian as baby Phoebe needed a feed...

Day 131 - The Great Ocean Road and the Twelve Apostles - Friday 24th February 2012 Up early and packed up the car for our drive to Lorne. Me & Soph in one car and Derek, Kaye, mum and Stu in the other. After a quick detour to drop Connor off at the kennels (which was really sad as we have both got to love this dog!) we were on our way! Seeing as Soph and I will be in South America in 10 weeks we had decided, the day before, to buy a "Learn Spanish in 6 ...

Day 127, 128, 129, 130 - Derek & Kayes - Mooroopna & the surrounds - Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st, Wednesday 22nd, Thursday 23rd February 2012 We left Ben and Gillian's in Melbourne at about mid-morning and started the drive back to Derek and Kayes in Mooroopna; along the way we stopped at Tahbilk winery where we tasted all their home grown wines from Shiraz's to Merlot's and chardonnay's to Riesling's. Derek bought a case, Stuart bought 3 bottles, mum bo...

Day 126 - Melbourne, Ben & Gillian's for lunch & the Penguins of Phillip Island - Sunday 19th February 2012 Arrived in Melbourne at 6.30am, tired, uncomfortable and hot after our 11 hour overnight bus journey but we were looking forward to seeing my mum, brother Stuart and Uncle Derek. We got off the bus grabbed a $1 coffee from the seven eleven shop (it tastes like dish water but is cheap and wakes you up!) and made our way down the street to meet the g...