We got up early this morning and went with Jenny down to the beach to walk Brooke, we got to the beach at around 0830 and it was a really nice way to start the day. We did get some adbuse from another dog walker though! Brooke was chasing her ball and ran into another dog and the owner shouted "control your dog, don't you know he's blind!" and went on and on! Of course we didn't know her dog was blind, it's not like he's using a white stick is it?! We ...

We packed a few bits for our couple of days at the beach. Jenny's friends, Alan and Cathy, picked us up at 1400. They're both from Guildford but moved here about 30 years ago, really nice couple. On the drive down we stopped at an off licence to get some drink for our days in Rye, this place was huge! Nick and I bought a bottle of wine each for Jenny and Bill and Judy to say thank you. The drive to Rye is about an hour an a half but we stopped on the way, we ...

We went into the city again today. We got off the train at Federation Sq. We got the tram out to the docklands to see the Southern Star. There is discount shopping at the docklands so after photos and shopping we got the tram back and went to STA. We decided to try and get a slightly earlier flight home from Miami, mainly due to money as with such a low exchange rate it just isn't going to stretch as far as we'd hoped. We have already cut out Yellow Stone NP &a...

Had a pretty relaxed day today, did some washing and enjoyed the sun in the garden. I also rung the Neighbours Tour people today and have booked us onto the "ultimate" tour which not only goes to Ramsey St but also the external sets. We are going on Saturday, can't wait!!

We decided to head into the city today. There isn't a great deal of things to see in terms of sights but we wanted to have a walk about. We walked to the train station, about a 15-20min walk and got the train to the city center. The buildings in the city are beautiful, lots of gothicy old buildings. We saw the MCG (melbourne Cricket Ground), NGV Art Gallery, South Bank, Bridges and Flinders St station, all the main sights. The NGV is such a cool building with a...