Australian Open

After three months in Asian continent we reached Australia. Our plan was to go to Brisbane and travel through the east coast of the country to Sydney. Unfortunately, massive flood and expected cyclone made us change our mind. Straight from Brisbane we flew to Melbourne.

Salvatore did not have a good welcome at the Brisbane airport. It's god father look like face caught attention of one of the Australian officers. Having shown his passport he was under strict interrogation. For the officer it was very suspicious that Salvatore was flying straight from Brisbane to Melbourne while he was supposed to leave the country from Sydney.

After this nice welcome we headed to Melbourne where it wasn't any better. Australia is very expensive so we had to switch from luxury of having double room to dorms. Unfortunately, due to Australian Open everything was fully booked and all we were left with was 14-bed dorms. So, we entered to our cozy room and we were hit by a heavy smell of alcohol - Murray won semi-final that night.

We were eager to see one of the Australian Open finals live but as for backpackers' pockets it was little bit expensive so we decided to watch in the Federation Square on a massive screen.

Atmosphere in Melbourne is amazing. Lots of young people around and many artists making their first steps on the streets of the city centre. We were told it's the best city in Australia to start your music career.

From Melbourne we took the famous Great Ocean Road to see 12 Apostles - limestone rocks that through the time were eroded by water were standing out from the ocean. The scenic view of the road is amazing! Green mountains close to long beaches and navy blue water. We even managed to see a family of three dolphins, unfortunately no kangaroos :(

We arrived to Port Campbell which we thought would be a city but it turned up to be a roundabout with few motels and a camping site. Salvatore even noticed that there was one waitress working for two neighbouring restaurants at the same time. But we couldn't complain. The nature around was amazing and we enjoyed every minute of our long walks (6 km under heavy Sun and still no kangaroos).

When we arrived to Melbourne we wanted to relax on one of the Australian beaches but the choice of the day wasn't the best one as on that particular day it was 42C degrees!!!

The following night a long trip to Sydney was waiting for us.