…shame about the cricket. To be fair the cricket was very good unless you are looking at it from the perspective of an England fan, which obviously I am. It all seemed to go wrong from the off. A good toss to lose from the Aussie perspective I think. After a couple of sessions of [...]

Friday I took a trip along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. This runs along the south coast from Torquay to Warrnambool and is split into 3 parts - the Surf Coast, the Green Coast and the Shipwreck Coast. The drive is right along the mighty Southern Ocean with the waves rolling in over the [...]

Satuday last saw a visit to the Victoria Market in downtown Melbourne and a visit to the magnificent MCG for a look round and a stubbie. It is truly a remarkable cricket ground and is absolutley enormous. There was a Pura Cup game on (this is the equivalent of the County Championship in the UK) [...]

I’ve made it ‘Down Under’. I’m currently in the fine city of Melbourne having arrived here early yesterday morning. After a mammoth and very painful (on the back and legs) flight from Manchester via Frankfurt and Singapore I breezed into Melbourne airport and through the customs and baggage collection in about 20 minutes and made [...]

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