Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd March 2008 - Melbourne

We just couldn't believe our luck, the World Super Bikes was on at Phillip Island just a two hour drive from Melbourne on the Sunday. We decided to go and after spending hours on the Internet and talking to people we decided that hiring a car and driving to Phillip Island was the way to go. We got up early on the Sunday morning and walked around Melbourne looking for Car Hire Companies. After lots of walking and being told no cars available we finally got ourselves a little 2 door red Hyundai Getz hire vehicle and armed with a map and directions we headed to Phillip Island. After asking for directions at numerous garages we finally made it to Phillip Island at around 1pm! Boy the road signs in Melbourne are useless! and my map reading is not what it should be! Luckily the main race didn't start until around 3pm. Check out the photos and if you saw the race on TV, you would have seen us both on the side of the track! Well, our bike friends at home told us they saw us on TV and what clothes we were wearing!

Our next four days in Sydney

We spent the next four days checking out the sights in Sydney including Oprah House, Harbour Bridge, Botanical Gardens, Bondi Beach and the Sydney Tower! However Steve did bring the good old English weather with him, because since he arrived it's been over cast and raining in Sydney. We did however decide to leave Sydney on Saturday 1st March and therefore we would miss out on the Mardi Gras! However the helpful people at OZ Intro booked some fantastic tours for us and our flight out to Melbourne. They also mentioned the Mardi Gras was so popular and you never really get to see much of the parade due to the crowds! We were also really struggling to find accommodation the closer it got to Mardi Gras!

Monday 18th February 2008 - Sydney

Today I arrived in Sydney, Australia and was collected at the airport by Damitri from Oz Intro. Oz Intro for those of you who do not know is a company set up to help out travellers and people wanting to work in Australia. They take care off all important stuff like your visa, bank account, medicare, Sim card etc... they also sort your accommodation out for the 1st week and do loads of fun day trips such as learn to surf, blue mountain, jet boat round Sydney Harbour, pub crawl, sunbathing on Bondi Beach and barbecue. I met some great people doing Oz Intro and had some fun days and nights sleeping in the mixed dorm hostel! Check out the pictures and apologises for having to wait for so long!