Monday 5th March Today was going to be purely traveling and not much fun but I was ready to move on. A taxi picked me up at 5.30am from the hostel to take me to the bus station where I picked up the 6.00am bus to Ballarat. So slept on the bus for most of the time and we arrived in Ballarat for 9.30am and here was the bit I was not looking forward to, my bus to Adelaide was not until 10.00pm!! And there is not a great deal todo in Ballarat let me tell you. So pre...

Thursday 22nd FebruarySo check out of Geelong and get the bus to Lorne as that is really the next major stop along the Great Ocean Road. The bus ride was good as it went along the GOR the the views were fantasticespecially as you were that bit higher up. Arrived in Lorne around lunch time and it was quite hot, so this only makes my bags feel heavier. Found the YHA quite easily alough up a really steep hill!!! (They don't mention that in the book!) Couldn'...

So at last I get round to telling you about where I have been for the last two weeks. The Great Ocean Road runs from Melbourne to Adelaide and is a part of Australia you wouldn't want to miss. There are many tours on offer but at the most they do it in only three days, I wanted more time to explore, so I decided to make my own way. Now everyone recomends either that you hire a car or take a tour a public transport is not that good, well ti was fine for me. ...

Sunday 11th March Barossa Valley trip today more wine tasting!! Another brilliant trip starting at the famouse Wolf Bass winery were we tyasted some fantasic wines. Then to Maggie Beer Farm shop and over here Maggie is on a television programme called 'The Cook & the Chef". She is the cook and together they demonstrate dishes and share techniques. There was some great wines to try but the produce and books you could by were expensive! The on to Bar...

Thursday 1st March Early start and moving on to Warrnambool.Got a local bus and chatted to some real Ausis! Not backpackers for change and they passed on some good adivise of where to go next. I arrived to Warrnambool at lunch time and the people at the hostel came and picked me up, which was a good job really as the hostel is quite away from the town but right next to the beach! And what a great stretch of beach it was too. As soon as I got sorted I headed str...