We had to catch the complimentary shuttle bus from our hostel to the station at about 10.45. We checked in our bags and then had about an hours wait till we could board the Ghan (pronounce Ghan, as in Afghan)! There was a little merchandise shop, so I bought a couple of Ghan pens. Before we boarded there was a little introduction from the staff, who all had uniforms, which included the typical Australian hat! When we got into our carriage, (Red Seater) we found o...

Had another pretty early start, had to leave our hostel by 7.45. It was pretty chilly but the sky was clear and so looked like we were in for another sunny day! (not what had been predicted!) Our first stop was to see some wild kangaroos! Was exciting as I haven't seen any wild ones yet, there were so many in the field, maybe about 60, so we were able to get some good pictures. We then went for a walk to a small waterfall called Silverbend Falls. Most of the walk...

Wow. Today has actually been amazing, the best day of my trip so far I think. We had an early start (as always with these tours) and were picked up from our hostel at 7.20am. We then met up with another bus and transferred over as we were doing a 2 day tour. I started off the day a little disappointed because it was cloudy and raining in Melbourne, however after a short drive out of the city we were in the sunshine! We had a bit of a drive before we got to the st...

Ah the AFL was so good! We watched Essendon vs Gold Coast, so it was pretty one sided as Gold Coast is a new team this season. But it was amazing, the game is pretty cool itself, I think I maybe just got the hang of the rules! But there's 18 people on each team so the pitch is pretty crowded, and you can throw the ball wherever you want, well you have to kind of punch it, or kick it. There are 4 posts and if you kick it between the middle 2 you get 6 points and b...

We had an epically long overnight bus journey, down from Sydney - 17 hours! I think I only managed sleep for 3 at best! It also meant we were unable to watch the Royal Wedding! :( We arrived in Melbourne about 8 in the morning, and took the tram to St Kilda to find our hostel. We decided to stay in another Base hostel as we really liked the one we stayed in in Sydney. I have already decided that I prefer Melbourne, even though I haven't seen much of it yet as we'...