Tuesday 4th March 2008 - Phillip Island

Yes we headed out of Melbourne for another day trip to Phillip Island. On the was we stopped at a local wildlife park to meet some furry and cute animals. We stroked a baby Wombat, hand feed Kangaroos and got very close to some Koala's. We then headed over the bridge and onto Phillip Island. Once on the Island we headed to Woolamai beach to see the giant surf, visited the Marine Centre and strolled along the boardwalk to view the majestic rocky coast and home to a colony of fur seals. We they chilled on the beach eating pizza waiting for the sun to go down so we could go watch the Penquin Parade! The island has the worlds smallest pen quins and they emerge every night from the sea and waddle ashore. Around 300 Pen quins surfed to shore over about 45minutes. They would wait for a group of around 10 and slowly waddle across the sand. We were not allowed to use our cameras as we would have scared the Penquins.

Monday 3rd March 2008 - Great Ocean Road

Went on a day trip along the great Ocean Road. We got to see the lighthouse from the TV series 'Round the Twist' the 12 Apostles, London Bridge and Southern Australia's famous Belles Beach. The weather was fantastic all day and our tour guide and group we great fun to be with.

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!

Table Mountain

After many days of trying I finally managed Table Mountain. It's a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town. We travelled via cable car 1302 m above sea level, to the plateau at the top of the mountain. There we had fantastic views overlooking Cape Town, Table Bay and Robben Island to the north, and the Atlantic seaboard to the west and south.

Saturday 2nd February - Swakopmund

Finally a day off from travelling and much needed rest day to chill. Swakopmund is a popular holiday destination, much loved by Namibians, as its climate is much cooler from the rest of the country. Not one to sit around, I decided to go on a Dolphin cruise and got a few extra surprises whilst on the boat. The first was a seal that decided to come on board for his daily snack of dead fish from the owner of the boat. The next was the pelicans that I thought were going to take my head off flying directly towards the boat. The Dolphins appeared and disappeared very quickly, way too fast to catch them on film! The cruise ended with a lunch consisting of Champagne and Oysters. Oh well, lucky for me they also served a cold buffet of sandwiches and meat snacks!