Great Ocean Road Baby!

So our GOR trip wasn't as well thought out as it could have been! It consisted of 5 of us, 1 car, plenty of bags and laugh after laugh!

So Mims was chief cook, daddy Matt was in charge of the route planning, Lou was games coordinator, Lara was smart enough to know information on each of the stops and that left me to be in charge of packing ('I can find room for anything!') and I was also resident wildlife expert!

So on the first day we got in the car (I may have been late!), went to pick Lara up and hit the road!!

After a while in the car we stopped at a beach for a quick sunbathe and swim. And I managed to get the hugest splinter stuck in my finger!! That was not fun at all!

Then it was the most important time of all...BBQ time! I was promoted to head chef and it was hot dogs all round! And cheese because we're classy people!

After racing to the campsite (and almost being killed by driving off the side of the cliff!) in record time we found that they were full, so we had no option but to pull up on the side of the road and set up "camp".

Camp consisted of a two person tent (which was mouldy may I add!) and the car. So me and the Jones' squished into the tent while Matt and Lara slept in the car.

Needless to say it was a horrendous nights sleep! When any of us rolled over the whole tent pulled to that side. It was freezing! There was no room and it was very uncomfortable! I think we had an hours sleep between us!

After a dawn walk on the beach we headed to the 12 Apostles. Boy was it worth waiting for! It was slightly hazy but that added to the awesomeness of it! The photos do not do it justice at all!

After the Apostles we head to see London bridge. Lots of photos were taken and we even found a small outlook to go to that was empty! Hello lots of tourist photos!

As we drove onwards we noticed a sign for a nature reserve...so thought "We've got a few hours.to kill, why not go do a walk!"

And what a walk it was! We got lost, came face-to-face with a brown snake (!), saw koalas, wallabies, emus, got charged by a bastard emu and broke in my awesome $3 army print flip flops! Best buy!

Chuck in a scrummy Mexican meal, musical tunes, One O'clock (the giant hill at one O'Clock), ring of fire and lots of games of "Name some types of..."

What a hilarious couple of days! Needless to say after the first night of 'camping' none of us wanted to stay for a second night! It was nice to go back to a bed at the end of that!

Love me
xx

Drunken Melbourne Antics

So whilst I'm laying on the sofa, wrapped in my duvet and watching Harry Potter (very rock and roll!) I thought I'd recap on some of my more memorable nights out in Melbs!

It all started with Neighbours night...here I won a $30 bar tab which started the night off nicely! It was a barrel of laughs! Pictures with giant dogs, listening to 'mad' Libby Kennedy and then listening to Dr Kennedys band! Lots of dancing around and picture taking. I was also introduced to Passion Pop for the first time. Now I'm not too posh for Passion Pop! Berry flavoured is what I prefer....classy bird!

There were a couple of festivals Whist I was in Melbourne...White Night is the one that stands out. Drinking with my "sisters" in our room and dancing to the likes of Spice Girls, Steps and Vengaboys! Once down in the bar they were asking for donations for shots...which means we had to take advantage and do $1.00 shots! Amazing! Then we went out, listened to some music, walked Mims home, had free Jeager Bombs and then me and Lou went back out again. White Night is a festival that runs from 7pm to 7am the next day. At 3am we were dancing 70s style in Fed square! Amazing!

St Paddys Night with Lou and Mims....dear oh dear! I don't know how many time we heard "I've lost my camera" (mummy Scarlett jumped into action...putting up post-its around the hostel!) but I made sure I took lots of photos for us...especially when we ended up at The Pit! Eurgh the pit. After having one drink squeezed into PJ's with 15000 other people we went back to Urban and then stumbled across to the pit. What messes we are!

I've had so many immense nights out with the Jones'! One of the more sober ones was the Ice Bar. We went in and abused those cameras! Haha bloody tourists!

"Gin Friday, Gin Friday, Gin Friday...Woop Woop!" Now Gin Friday (later renamed to Gin everyday!) Was born by accident one evening when me and the work crew decided we hadn't quite drunk enough cleaning out the beer lines. So with the bottle of Bombay in Dre's bag, and some Solo from next door, off we went to the park just up the road...yes we are that classy. So it gets to about 4.30am and we've drunk all the gin. There are rats and bloody possums everywhere! When a set of headlights hit us from the front, as they get nearer and then go past us, we realise that it's a police car!! So we all filled Dre's lead and walk away...when from behind we suddenly hear "I wouldn't do that guys. Come on, turn around".
I was bricking it! After a short convo with the policemen we ce to find that they didn't want to arrest us for drinking in public (too much paperwork!) they just wanted us to be responsible and pick up our rubbish!

Pretty much every night with Dre is a good one! Like the night we went to Cookie, drank cocktails, drank our own gin and stole a pineapple! And then I threw the pineapple at someone in Maccas...after eating 3 quater pounders!

Alison's birthday was also a good one! She was being ambitious by aiming to go out for dinner! We started drinking a few at home...and just didn't stop! Shots of Bundy, shots of vodka, cider, wine and passion pop! We had to go out for more drink and to get Chinese, coz everyone loves chicken balls! Anyway after getting pretty drunk we headed out to a karaoke bar! Not a lot of singing, but lots of laughs! The cleaning up of the flat however was no laughing matter!

Dahling, who doesn't love a drag show! We went to see the 'Spag and Drag' show. We had an evening of laughs. 4 drag queens performing lots of tunes, dressing as the Spice Girls, wearing sequins, huge wigs and just generally being fabulous dahling! So 1 drag show and 7 glasses of wine later, we headed to the tram to dance the rest of the night away! The first bar we went to, we managed to skip the queue thanks to some very nice guys and off we went dancing! We tried these awesome vaporisers, like a long electronic cigarette, but no nicotine, just yummy flavours! After we had a few here, we left to go to a gay bar. I have never talked to spent people in my life! And me being me, I managed to find the only straight guy in the place! Awesome skills Scarlett! And also, I don't know what it is, but even the gay guys love my boobs! I was very popular that night!

The mornings after haven't been so great but I never learn and keep going back! Anyway those are just the top nights out since I've been in Melbourne and I've loved them all!!

Love me
xx

Wow...where has this year gone?!

This year is just flying by! After 7 months my time in Melbourne is coming to an end.
If someone had told me before.I came travelling that I would spend 5 months in a hostel I'd have said that they were crazy! However I spent 5 months working and living in Urban Central...and I wouldn't change a thing about that! And I'm now just finishing up 2 luxurious months in an awesome flat.
So much has happened in 7 months and I've been rather lazy and not blogged about it! Maybe I'll make some more detailed blogs in a but, but for now here's just a small selection of Melbourne highlights:

Trivia Night
Sunday Roasts at PJ O'Briens
Gin Friday....Gin Everyday!
Ice Bar
St Paddys Day
Naked For Satan
Drag Show
Great Ocean Road
Neighbours Tour
Eureka Tower
Neighbours Night
Crazy Random Drinking
Moomba
White Night
Penguins
The Pit
Queen Vic Market
Croft Institute
And Meeting The Most Amazing People!

I've made a lot of friends, some who'll be with with me for a long time (some who I'm actually an honorary family member of!)

But the time is coming to move onto the next adventure; 5 days in Tassie, then a Red Centre tour...very excited!!

Love Me
xx