Having left the Americas behind us we now found ourselves in the land of Oz which will be our home for the foreseeable future. Wanting to ease our way in slowly we paid a visit to our newly married friends Emma and Marcus currently living in Seddon in the Melbourne burbs. It's great to see them after so long!Melbourne is a great city and what it lacks in beaches and weather it more than makes up for in it's relaxed vibe and continental style culture.
Whilst there we hired a car and drove the Ocean Road along the south coast of Victoria. We stayed at the BIMBI campsite in Otway National Park and saw our first wild Koalas! The next day we continued along the coast and visited the 12 Apostles, a series of 12 rock stacks formed from collapsed arches. We stayed in a caravan park in Woollanbool for the night which had a welcome Jacuzzi spa. In the morning we drove back across Melbourne to the Yarra Valley where we went wine tasting.
Back in Melbourne we managed to get ourselves thrown out of the Workshop bar for moving a table. We also found the bowling alley Strike and had a very drunken game one night.
After 10 days of exploring Melbourne and the surrounding area we said goodbye and got a flight up to the Gold Coast to stay with Mels parents and wait for our things to arrive from the UK.
Melbourne photos here.
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