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Hi all from rainy Oz!!!!! Thought it was supposed to be summer !!!!!! The floods are following us down the coast so we are lucky not to be affected by them, the water is over 21metres in some places with peoples homes being completely wiped out and many backpackers being put on standby as there is nowhere to go!!!! We are so lucky that we are not stuck in it!!!! We are now in melbourne after a 3 day bus journey down from Sydney!!!
First stop was Canberra, Australias created capital!! We ventured around the goverment buildings for a few hours before heading off for some lunch!!!! Then onwards with our trip we headed off to the snowy mountains where we stayed at a ski resort!! It was out of season so no snow but we stil had the oppurtunity to take the chairlift up Mt Kosciuszko, the mountain is 2228m above sea level and is the highest mountain in Australia !!We then had a further 8kms until the summit we managed 2kms then had to turn back as the visability was so bad we couldnt see ahead of us!!!! As u can probably see from the pictures!!! We headed back down the mountain and drove onto our next destination, Lakes Entrance!!! Whilst travelling down we passed through Australias least populated village (1 person) called Suggen Buggen!!!! We then ventured through the 2nd least populated town named Seldom Seen!!! This town was occupied by 2 brothers, very weird, there was all sorts of strange artwork in the front garden which i managed to sneak some pics of before we were murdered!!!! It was serious wolf creek style!!!! We arrived at lakes entrance home to 90 mile beach, around 6pm and had dinner at a local chippy by the sea front which was nice!!!!!
The next day we were up at 5am and on the last stretch of the journey towards Melbourne, we stopped off at Wilsons Promonade for a few hours on the way and also spotted some wild Koalas!!!! We left around 2pm and had a picnic before heading of for the last time before reaching Melbourne!! We arrived at our hostel around 6pm and then went and visited a school friend who is also travelling, we have the rest of the month in Melbourne before heading off to see my Grandad in Perth!!!! Hopefully we can get some work and an apartment and try and getout of hostels!!!!! Will keep you updated!!! See you all soonish xxxx
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