We arrived in Melbourne on 8th Jan to 18 degrees which was quite a shock from Perth's 40's! We'd had a brilliant flight with Qantas, and Steve kept saying that it felt like he was in the Truman Show because everyone was so friendly and smiley!! We'd booked into a hostel in St Kilda, called the Ritz, which seemed nice enough... so we popped some washing on and went for a walk to scout the place out. Melbourne has a totally different feel to Perth. It's a much ol...

So we're in Perth and our first experience of Australia has been great...we touched down in a heatwave! Luckily we were coming from South Africa and not the UK because it was seriously hot! But we soon aclimatised to the way of life in Perth which involves going to the beach, alot! Steve's cousin, Fiona is living in Perth so we met up with her on the first day and went down to Cottesloe beach for a walk and then to her apartment which overlooks the river, such a...