Was staying in a place called cooee hostel in St Kilda and from there was able to get into Melbourne – in the town area was a good coffee shop called 33 1/3 if anyone is ever over here you should pay George the owner a visit and get a nice espresso and a cheese ham & tomato melt from him!! -The best in St Kilda.
It was pretty cloudy in St Kilda and Melbourne but did get a couple of nice days, over 22 C.
Met a few people in the hostel including Aidan (Gordon) who flew up to Adelaide (who we would meet up with again in Backpack Oz). Kerris (Purdy) and Rens (Bluemink) were also in Cooee who together decided would travel up the Great Ocean Road. (Kerris’ mate Gwen did the driving…)
Kerris rented a car from some place for $40/day and we split the cost of that and the petrol. $25/each for petrol. We stopped in Apollo Bay and checked out about 4 different places before settling with one that had ”The View” room!! (haha); here we met back up with Nick and Nina who had driven in their van down a couple of days earlier; cracked open a crate of Pure Blonde and easily finished the lot!
Next morning we drove to the 12 apostles (of which there are only 5/6 left!) and did the photo shoot that had to be done. The girls were in a rush to get back to Melbourne for flight to Perth so we drove a few km up the coast to Port Campbell where me and Rens found a hostel with nobody in it! It was pretty cheap too. Grabbed a pizza and a beer.
The morning after this we got a bus to Mount Gambier (there was a weirdo on the bus who had had her throat slit by her boyfriend (so she said: probably did it herself) and she had just been to Brisbane for a trial!!!!! *psycho*) and saw the blue lake – gotta admit it was pretty blue! Here we stayed in The Old Prison – security was good in this hostel. There was TV and free internet access but i was pretty tired.
Eventually got a coach to Adelaide where me and Rens met back up with Aidan in Backpack Oz. Adelaide is nice, think i prefer it over Melbourne its less busy but very similar – In Adelaide the weather has been much nicer too. Had a day at the beach and they also provide a free bike rental service in the city too so (21st April) hired some bikes and went for a cycle.
I’ve got my flight booked back to Melbourne from Adelaide but this time going to stay in the CBD as it is Anzac day over here on the 25th and i need to pick up those foo fighters tickets on the friday for the sturday!!!
Keep you all informed 
Chris
P.S. Photos to follow, i’ve not been able to upload any yet! Leave a comment below!!
Hi Chris
Well your there then. Sounds like your having a great time. Weather sounds fab. It must be hell. Can’t wait to see some photos.
Graham went out last night with his mate who lives in Sydney. It was really weird, on Friday night we were in the Pack Horse near us and Ross (Grahams mate from Sydney) came in and stood at the bar. Its 14 years ago since we saw him when we stayed with him. Anyway back to your trip. After Melbourne where are you off to then? Sounds like you’ve already met loads of people. Have you got used to the time difference now, Rick has told us how you kept waking them at 4 in the morning sending texts. Anyway better go and do some work.
Love Paula and Graham
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Did he just turn up out of the blue Paula!? thats pretty mad… some south koreans found some free wifi in the hostel so 4 of us sat in the cool hallway on the net haha… going for some pizza in a bit, it seems thats all ive eaten over here! found a good one though…
will post again soon, keep checking!
Hi Chris
He was over visiting family and they were in the restaurant for his nans 90th birthday, but it was really weird to see him. Graham said he’s a pretty good chef in Sydney. He’s called Ross, will have to find out his 2nd name and where he works so you can pop in if your in Sydney. Pizza!! Have you not had any kangaroo yet? I had some in a chinese in Sydney, didn’t know what it was until Graham told me. It was quite tasty.
Take Care
Paula
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