We arrived in the afternoon of Christmas Eve to Olly and Natalies house in Bendigo. They are friends of Nikki from the Isle of Man. We parked the campervan outside their very nice house. Inside were two more people from the Isle of Man called Simon and Hannah. They had come over from Sydney. Hannah and Natalie were busy making food for the next day so we just unpacked. We actually got a room to ourselves which meant we didnt have our first night in the campervan ...

We arrived in the evening and it was Kat and Helgas last night with us so we went out for a nice meal in the St. Kilda area. We had a bottle of wine to share and enjoyed a civilised outing for once. After dinner we went back to the hostel and had a fairly early night. The next day there was only me and Nat left. We went for breakfast along Acland Street which was massive and then walked around the area. We decided to catch a tram to a better shopping area. We ask...

At 5:30am we were outside to meet the tour bus. Nikki was not with us as she was making her own way there but this wouldnt be the last time we saw her so it wasnt goodbye. Our new guide arrived. It was a girl again called Shelly but she had a really squeaky, annoying voice. I think we were all glad when the microphone on the bus didnt work. The morning was a long drive to the Grampians National Park by the afternoon. We crossed the border into Victoria. We stopp...