I am actually in Alice Springs at the moment. I am very happy to be here, weather is perfect and so are the views, but I am going to write about Melbourne as I didn’t managed to do that while in Melbourne. I will do Alice and the desert trip on return.

So Melbourne. We had a great time there. My main agenda was to get into Gem’s world a bit and meet her friends and see what she does. Everyone was so wlecoming and kind so I felt I was able to do that. Gem and the Urban Seed people are doing some great stuff. I also got to catch up with David which was second on my agenda. He very kindly had us for breakfast at his house one morning which was good and we spent many an hour walking around Melbourne drinking coffee and wine too which I thought was very David.

The final thing on my agenda was to see Melbourne and little bit of Victoria. Neither Martin and I had been before so we were keen to see the sights. So we went down the great ocean road and saw the twleve apostles. They were spectacular and it was really interesting to read about how they were formed and see other places where one day there will be more apostles. We spent the night in Port Campbell. My dad who was with us decided we should stay somewhere a bit nice and kindly helped fund that so we did. The place had the nicest view and a spa which was just divine. We came back via the Otways National Park and did some short walks. In Melbourne itself we visited St Kilda. We didn’t see any cake shops which upset my mum greatly but we had a great time at Soul Mama. We also took a ferry along the Yarra to Williamstown. Apart from that just a lot of wandering around town eating and drinking coffee in the many exciting streets of Melbourne.

All in all a lot of fun and so good to catch up with my family and friends.