Funpacked day today! The lady who's house we were painting returned and was happy with what we had done so that was good. We went into the city and met Ollies cousin Beth for a few drinks then all went to watch the football (or soccer as they call it here) It was Melbourne victory vs wellington phoenix and was the lat home game of the season for Melbourne, it was really fun and Melbourne won 3-0 so that wasn't bad either! A bit more civilised than going to a f...

So ventured into the city today, first stop the visitors centre where we collect about 50 leaflets and maps then headed to a cafe to comb through them, we ventured up one of the main shopping streets and lots of formula one merchandise on sale in preparation for this weekends grand prix. Had a walk to the other side of the river and watched some towers training on the river. Headed back late afternoon to finish touching up last bits on the paintwork. Over and ...

Headed to Brighton Beach today....you could tell it wasn't the Brighton beach in England by the shark warning sign! Did a spot of sunbathing and had a swim in the sea, a gorgeous beach and not busy at all! First time we have really sunbathed anywhere since we have been away and both managed to burn......cold showers when we got back! Over and out Han x

We literally worked our socks off and didn't leave the house at all Sunday and finished everything by Monday afternoon! Both with White paint still in our hair we ventured into the city. Melbourne is a beautiful city with plenty going on and the weather was lovely so we took a stroll along the river, got some dinner (nandos!) and headed for a drink. The place is full of travellers and lots of British accents everywhere. We decided to compete in the pub quiz wi...

Well.....our flight left from Auckland at 7am, check in opened at 4ish so we decided booking hostel would be a waste of money so spent the night at the airport, found a nice little spot in the viewing gallery and probably got about 25 minutes sleep between us. While we were in queenstown we started looking for accommodation in Melbourne and came across an advert online, a lady advertising free accommodation in exchange for painting, we contacted her and had a ...