Day 78 (Tuesday 2nd January 2007) Had to be out of our parking space by 07:30. so it was up early once again. Before we left the hell hole that was Melbourne, Sarah was hoping to do the Ramsay Street tour, but when we phoned them, it was fully booked for the day.Sorry Harold Bishop and co., believe us there were tears, but Marc picked Sarah up and headed for the 'Prom'.Having spent a fortune on accommodation and a n...

Day 77 (Monday 1st January 2007) New Year's Day Alarm went off at 06:45 (that's 2 hours 45-minutes sleep for Sarah then) and we snuck out of our dorm room and headed for the bourne of Mel.  We arrived in the windy city about 3-hours later and winded at Melbourne Zoo (www.zoo.org.au) before shortly before 10:00. We strolled around the third oldest zoo in the world until 16:00ish, seeing great stuff like orangutans, r...

Day 76 (Sunday 31st December 2006) New Year's Eve Happy New Year everybody... We left Kangaroobie and headed off to complete the Great Ocean Road. We by-passed Apollo Bay, having stopped there the day before and despite planning to make a stop at Lorne. this trendy little surf place was so jam-packed full of tourists, we by-passed it too.  At last we got to see the kind of roads you invisage when hearing the name 'Great Ocean Road' and ...

Day 74 (Friday 29th December 2006) It was up with the sunshine after a night in 'Fran' and feeling a little less than fantastic, we left Mt Gambier and headed for the Great Ocean Road.we passed through the seaside towns of Portland and Port Fairy on our way to Warnnambool...the beginning of this famous road. Our first stop was the 'Bay of Islands', a spectacular sight of rugged coastline, wild seas and incredibly shaped limestone st...

Day 72 (Wednesday 27th December 2006)Loaded 'Fran' with our gear and said our emotional goodbyes. Bye Ria and Dan we're going to miss you guys!We left at 09:30 and headed for Noarlunga. When we arrived some hour or so later, we had no idea where to stop and visit, so ended up just passing it by. What's there to do when your old Uncle's upped and deserted you???We carried on through and made it to Victor Harbour in time for lunch. We took a wal...