Hello! Australia Day, 26th Jan, should have been a brilliant day! For most Aussies it's bigger than New Year! Their very own public holiday when it's neccessary to be over the top patriotic! The morning was great - we headed down to The Rocks where various stages were set up and people were performing around every corner. It really reminded me of fete de la musique in Angouleme, everyone relishing in the atmosphere and celebrating together. At around lunch ...

Hello again! Or maybe I should now be saying g'day! Our last few days in Melbourne were by far the best! Billy Eliott was amazing! The critics were entirely correct by judging it as spectacular! We had cheapo seats which were supposed to be majorly obstructed but a clear view was had by all so no worries! We went back to the hostel fairly early that night as the next day we were to be driving the Great Ocean Road! We picked up the car aroung 9am - given ...