G'day mates!

G'day mates, how ya going? You see, I have already become fluent in the language over here, all those fosters adverts acted as great preparation for my travels.

The journey over here was surprisingly bearable, due to being one of the only people on the plane. It meant I had a good 5 or 6 seats to myself so I spent the majority of the journey asleep, waking up only for the interesting meal decisions Qantas have made (seriously who has a burrito for breakfast?) I was greeted in Melbourne by a bleary-eyed sister as I arrived about 5am and after a few coffees we went exploring in the city, which is pretty cool.

Next day I woke up hoping to never see a plane again in my life, and immediately went to the airport to get on one. Me and Dad flew to Alice Springs for a night before our Uluru trip. Alice Springs is potentially the strangest place in the world, lots of drunks hanging around, and very little to do. Luckily we weren't there for long as the next day we took a 6 hour coach to Ayers Rock with a tour comprising of mainly Japanese tourists and people who looked like they may keel over any second. Suffice to say the walks around were not strenuous, which was a shame as deep vein thrombosis was a serious danger at this point. But the guides knew a lot of interesting stuff, and Ayers Rock is pretty cool, as massive red rocks go, it is certainly up there.

Yesterday we checked out Hanging Rock, and after managing to be asleep anytime a kangaroo went past the bus to Uluru stumbled across about 40 of them chilling in a field. Managed to get an interesting photo of me frolicking with them, although they spook pretty easily. Also found a kookabarra in a tree, so now it is just a koala to go on my list of Australian animals to see before I leave.

Today I went to the MCG and watched an Aussie rules game, which apparently was a bottom of the table clash. However, seeing as the only game I had seen previously was Southampton vs Bournemouth, it all looked pretty good quality to me. The gist of it seemed to be large men kicking a ball and then fighting, which is what I look for in a sport really, so I am now converted.

I have a few more days in Melbourne before heading along the Great Ocean Road to Adelaide, followed by Sydney. Will blog some more when I can, hopefully it will get easier, and funnier.

Sam