Adelaide to Melbourne

Some of the group who I'd been with from Alice were still on this part of my trip, the rest of the group must have thought we were mad with all the games we were playing! We set off early again, in the cold now as Australia is heading towards winter.
On the way to Melbourne we trekked in the Grampians National Park and scrambled up the rocks. It was great fun, I felt like a mountain goat!
The best part about this bit of the journey was the Great Ocean Road which winds it's way along the coast with some pretty impressive scenery. Here we saw the 12 Apostles, giant limestone stacks that jut out of the ocean with the waves crashing around them. We drove along by the sea for miles. Round every headland was another breathtaking view. We called in to watch the Surfers at Bell's Beach where they'd just had the world championships. We also went on a tree top walk round the canopy of a rain forest which was cool but you couldn't look down! We also did a koala walk and saw lots of koalas but the most exciting thing was the parrots that would just fly down from the trees and land on your head!
Then it was into Meblourne. It's a really cool place with lovely cafes and coffee. I went on the Neighbours tour and saw some of the sets and the school. We tried to go up Ramsey Street but it was closed for filming, which was annoying but cool that we got to see them film a scene with Ringo and Donna, don't worry they are back together by the look of that scene. The fake kissing looked awkward! I went for my dolphin swim ,but my curse meant that there were no dolphins to be seen! But I did swim with seals which was cool, they swam right up to me and played round me.
On Sunday I went to an AFL match. It was crazy, there were loads of guys just running round the pitch and just throwing and kicking the ball anywhere! There didn't seem to be that many rules but it was good fun to watch! In the evening I met up with Tanya who I'd not seen since Trinity of 1st year so it was great to catch up. She's working as a solicitor in Melbourne now and she took me out for a yummy dinner and then to the last night of Melbourne Comedy Festival. It was pretty funny, saw an Ozzie guy called Dave Thornton.
I moved hostels to stay in St Kilda just outside Melbourne for a few nights down by the beach. There are loads of bakeries there and I had a yummy cupcake! In the evening I went to the Neighbours trivia night and met Dr Karl! Yay! It was a great night, we came 2nd in the quiz not bad! Dr Karl's band performed and so did Paul Robinson and I met Stingray and Donna as well. I'm so cool!