Blogs from Mt Gambier, South Australia, Australia, Oceania

Finally, some sunshine! We woke up this morning to a nice sunny start to the day. Dressed in our summer attire, packed up and headed out for the day. Quick pitstop at McDonalds for a nice healthy breakfast then we were on our way. Not long into our journey, the sun vanished the grey/black clouds rolled in and the rain started. The shorts and flip flops didn’t seem like such a good move at this point! We drove through a place called Tower Hill, which is an extinct volcano which is now a wildlife park. It was drizzly and grey at this point, so we didn’t get out to walk around, but we did spot a wild Emu (my favourite!) although this time it was safely on the otherside of the car window and I wasn’t ... read more

Hi everyone! Hope you're all fine This is my next holiday blog, focussing on my time in the very South of Australia, between Melbourne and Mount Gambier, where I stayted with my relatives for around a week. Having flown in from Hong Kong overnight I arrived on a fresh Monday morning in Melbourne to meet up with my Australian relatives who I hadn't seen for over 10 years! We then drove back along the Great Ocean Road seeing some of the Geographical Landscapes that are reminiscent of the Jurrasic Coast in Dorset. Although unfortunately sleep deprivation did catch up with me and so I didn't get to see everything along the coast, and even ended my first night being too tired to continue eating! Staying overnight in Warrnambool we finally arrived back in Mount Gambier the ... read more

My friends and I were at our normal Wednesday lunch (during our uni break), and were thinking how there are so many cheap holidays in South East Asia that sound absolutely amazing. We though that travelling overseas to a foreign country would be an awesome way to celebrate the end of exams, which would be coming up in the next term. We all went home that day, and researched trips to South East Asia a little bit further. None of us were actually thinking of doing the trip, but then when we discovered how cheap tickets to Bali would be, we though WE HAVE TO GO! So we all went down to the travel agent and got a quote of our trips. Quite reasonable! We have all fully paid for the trip now, so it is ... read more

So much has changed since my last post. We returned to Perth and returned Prudence to her rightful owners after spending the night at the 'Witches Hat' hostel.  The following day we set out to do some touristy things where we had a truly relaxing morning. In Perths botanical gardens ( I fell asleep) next we found out that the Perth Mint we were planning to visit was closed after which it was almost exactly beer o'clock and fortunately we found a Stella retailer. The rest of that day ended disgracefully! We proceeded to race on motorbikes in the arcade and somehow drink the last three bottles of wine which we were so concerned about transporting. Needless to say I did not feel particularly clever the next day. Regardless of this I refuled with a fried ... read more

Sorry for keep doing this in such big chunks but we are just too busy doing stuff! The only problem is that now that it is Thursday morning, I am having trouble remembering what we did when. I did have great plans to keep a diary but again we are filling our time so much that I dont get chance to make notes. Anyhow, since arriving here in Mt Gambier we have been mainly catching up with family, visiting the 'sights', eating, drinking eating and drinking some more and generally having a great time. The people here are so lovely. Very casual, easy going and fun. The weather here has been great! Dad keeps insisting that it is freezing. (15 degrees C) I can't believe that he has forgotten what a British summer is like so ... read more