Geo: -38.4909, 145.24Phillip Island makes for a good little day trip from Melbourne and if you have a car, it makes it a little easier to explore most of the island. There are quite a few things to do there that will keep any sort of person busy.Anna and I drove to Phillip Island on a quite cloudy morning with the aim of doing some walks and finishing the day off by seeing the Penguin Parade. Our first point of call was Cape Woolami, sticking out like a sore thumb on the South Eastern side of the island. It offers some nice walks that start along the beach with the fishermen and on top of the cliffs with the snails.Phillip Island is also known as a good surfing spot and there were a few out in ... read more

Geo: -28.0023, 153.431The sad end to our campervan trip and our four and a half month odyssey through South East Asia, New Zealand and Australia was drawing to an end. Our final stop was Surfers Paradise and Brisbane.After a great time in Byron Bay we headed north towards Surfers Paradise. We were both quite tired so we parked in a small street which had access to the beach south of Surfers. Anna had a sleep while I caught up on some blogs and took a few pictures around the area. We had been told that it wasn't as safe to stay in Surfers, so we parked at the North Burleigh Life Savers Club where I went for a quick walk up to a lookout and then we cooked up the remaining food for dinner.Struggling for things ... read more

Geo: -31.4343, 152.908The sun arose for a great start to the day in Forster and so were the quality of waves at the main beach. We were pretty keen for a surf but spent the best part of the morning trying find someone who hires surf boards. The only guy who hires boards wasn't able to lend the boards for the day.So with a surf out of the question and yet still waiting for our first proper session we pressed onto Port Macquarie where there was bound to be more opportunities.After seeing pictures of a lookout near Port Macquarie, we were quite keen to see it for ourselves. It was called Laurieton Lookout and the views were magnificent in two different directions, one looking North to Port Macquarie and one looking South to Crowdy Head. We ... read more

Geo: -33.8671, 151.207CAMPERVAN ROAD TRIP!! The best way to get around Australia as the country is so friggen big and there is so much to see and do. Our trip was from Melbourne to Brisbane in 2.5 weeks, we had no real plan but we had to be in Byron Bay by a certain date.Our campervan pick was Hippie Campers, booked quite a few months in advance. We picked it up near Melbourne Airport and headed straight up the dry and yellow grassed Hume highway and Victorian landscape to Sydney. We were running late and we arrived in Tumut at the base of the snowy mountains around 10pm through some heavy and constant rain. With no real time to stick around we headed off early to Sydney and arrived around 2pm at our accommodation which was ... read more

Geo: -38.5424, 143.976Day two in Melbourne and straight in to the swing of things by doing a day trip down The Great Ocean Road to The Twelve Apostles. We arrived in to Melbourne early to a hot 35 degree day, a reminder of what I have missed over the last few years. It was definitely a shock to Anna, especially driving in a car with no working air conditioner.We caught up with Fernando, a friend of Anna's from Surrey University, for lunch and in no time we had organized a day trip down the Great Ocean Road.Our fine lodging was in Croyden at one of my best mates place, but at considerable distance to where most of the action is, although there are benefits to being out that way too.The following morning we picked up Fernando ... read more