Last full day in Melbourne today, off to Geelong tomorrow to start my Great Ocean Road trip. Chinese New Years Eve was really good with lots of fire crackers going off and dragon deances every where it was a good atmosphere. What was quite funny was the Kareoke compition which lasted all night!! Yesterday it was too hot todo anything another day of 38 degrees!!! But today only 25 so much more barable and we had rain last night too, a rare thing here. So check o...

Hi everyone,Thanks for logging on to my web site and leaving me messages, its great to read them.So for the last week I have been staying with family just outside of the city. I have had a great time and have been really spoilt. I have seen some great out of the way beaches, Seaford and Mornington which I will have photots to show you soon. As well as Mornington market but was more of a craft and food fair kind of thing, it was really good. But one of the biggest...

So I think I am almost up to date now. These first three post cards are dated recent and at Melbourne as I forgot to back date them!!! On Monday I took the Grey Hound bus to Canberra for a quick stop over before moving on to Melbourne. Not a bad journey at all but what a strange town! A governmant town which seemed to be desserted. New buildings and generally the place had no soul to it. Lucky for me I was catching the bus the next day and only had one nights s...

Hi AllSo Wednesday evening I made my way with my friend to Springwood in the Blue Mountains for a couple of days. Had an excellent Ausi barbi that evening and made to feel very welcome. The Blue Mountains, you couldn't get anything far different from Sydney if you tried. Alot of bush and very changeable weather as I was greated with when I woke up Thursday morning!!! Nothing but rain and drizzle and a VERY thick layer of mist!!!We tried some of the tourist ve...

Hi AllSo I think you all didn't get my 'round robin' about what I got up to in Sydney so this is going to be a quick up date and hopefully I will get some photos down loaded soon which will help explain alot.So arrived in Sydney over two weeks ago now (23/01) and I have been up to loads apart from topping up the tan!The hostel was good and provided more than I could of asked for. Clean, comfortable bed and great location. I spent my first day walking ...