Today we had a very early start (6:30am alarm!) so that we could catch the 8am train from Marshall. We arrived at Southern Cross station in the city just after 9 and headed towards our first stop of the day, the Immigration Museum…which we found didn't open until 10am! To kill time, we headed for a much-needed coffee nearby. 10 am…back to the museum! It was well worth the $10 entry fee; it contained interesting exhibits on the millions of people who've emigr...

Today we planned to do the Great Ocean Road in one day with Mam and Dad! We were so impressed with it last time and thought Mam and Dad had to see it too after coming all this way! We set off early-ish and drove through Lorne, where a triathlon was taking place (we decided not to stop there!) and parked up in Apollo Bay for a late-morning coffee and cake. After that, we drove through to the Twelve Apostles, which was quite a long drive but worth it I hope! We h...

Our first full day in Torquay and it was time to explore the local area. We drove into Torquay and had a look around an art and craft market on the beachfront before stopping for coffee on the main street. We also called in at the local farmers' market, which turned out to be about eight stalls in a car park - not what we expected after visiting some brilliant markets out here! We had a drive out to try to find Marshall Station, where we'll catch the train into ...

This morning we checked out of the hostel and were allowed to leave our bags there for the day until we set off to the airport later. We headed into the city on the tram and got off at the Royal Victoria Market - a huge, open-air market in the centre of Melbourne. Laura was on the hunt for some Christmas presents for Ruby and Rosie and we managed to find one that she liked after hunting around dozens of stalls that all sold the same t-shirts; Ruby's present will ...

For the second time in 3 days, we woke up hungover after a heavy night out in St Kilda. We slept late and then had to go into the city to sort a few things out. We caught the tram and went to a vodafone shop to top-up, as the online and telephone credit card system isn't working - very annoying! We grabbed an energy boosting smoothie at a juice bar and started walking towards the Neighbours centre in town. At the Neighbours night we won 2 vouchers to do the tou...