Top Times * Catching up with old friends * Lots of wildlife encounters * Beetroot in sandwiches and soy chai lattes * Relaxing on the whitest beach * Cycling in the wine regions, fuelled by their products * The multicultural 'local' food (especially in Melbourne): Italian, Greek, Thai etc etc. We may think of Australia as western, and we are more at home after leaving Asia, but it's not long before something makes you turn your head in amazement here. Yes, there are many beach babes and muscle clad lads, but what is that language they are speaking??? "...it was a ripper idea to get a quick pot on such a stinker..." The cities along the south east of Australia; Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, all have a common artsy edge, platinum blondes with short skirts, folk
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