The Grampians

On the way back to Melbourne we passed through the Grampians mountain range for a look. They were a real surprise - amazing views, great walks and just generally nice.

The Great Ocean Road

We rented a car again for the weekend and hit The Great Ocean Road out of Melbourne. The road was built by the returning soldiers from WWI and has been a beaten tourist track ever since. The road hugs the southern coast for most of the journey and the views are very impressive. For once you're not travelling to see something - the travelling is the something. About two thirds of the way along is the 'Twelve Apolstles' - Great big pillars sticking out of the ocean ... very impressive.




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Also, if you've ever seen the film 'Point Break' the bit at the end was filmed here at Bells Beach. It's also where the surfing championships are each year. We even saw a few surfers the day we were there and they were actually good.



And look who we picked up in Melbourne for the trip ...

Melbourne

A ten hour bus trip from Adelaide brought us to Melbourne. We found a really nice backpackers in the city center. Melbourne is by far the biggest city I've seen in Aus so far. I really like it - it's got a bit of a european feel to it ... lots of cafes, a city center filled with sky scrapers, trams, old architecture, Irish pubs, cool China town - it's probably the only city in Australia so far I think I'd really like to live in. We also knew a couple of people here so we'd plenty to do.

Heading East 30th May 2007

After three weeks from Darwin to Perth it was time to head east. Our first stop is Adelaide. We'll try to get to Melbourne to visit Conor then ... then we'll see how far up the east coast we can get!