Best Western Terralong Terrace Apartments Kiama

... stick in my mind is seeing the Painted Desert under such amazing skies, the gorges of Karajini NP (particularly Kermit’s Pool), Steep Point, Cable Beach, Valley of The Winds, Kings Canyon, Rainbow Valley, Chambers Pillar El Questro and Mitchell Falls. The events that are highlights are our first nights camp, the camp fire at Oodnadatta, burying our wine casks on the way to Lambert Centre, swimming at Edith Falls, swimming in Katherine Gorge ...

... be. The council is doing up the road so about 2k up they have a set of lights - red just for us. Stopping, Owen let down the window and see and smell smoke pouring out from under the rear tyres. Don't tell me our holidays have come to an end so quickly. Not sure what caused it - couldn't see where it was coming from, but expect it was the exhaust getting really, really hot going ...

... which means a bbq area outside, which in the summer is great but in the winter it can be pretty miserable. We met a really lovely family in the campsite who took pity on us on their last night and gave us food and wine because all we had left was instant noodles! So a huge thanks to Cherie, Russ and Diane and the rest of the family! On our way back to Sydney we stopped at Cronulla to check out Hugh's new home and it looks fab ...

... our trip is over as a bit of a leaving ceremony! The rest of our gear (and theres lots of it) will be included in the sale price when maz gets a new owner so someone will get a bargain! The campsite has a very nice pool but the town swimming pool is right next to our pitch too so nattie goes for a swim in there. A very big downer for us here is that the camp kitchen is closed - its hot and we could have done with the use of the fridge - we think ...

... well, next trip. Love those Tim Tams though! We leave bright and early for the airport tomorrow- Friday for us- 6:15 AM. We will gain the day back that we lost so for us it will be like time stands still. We look forward to seeing our families and friends...and will share some photes on this site once we get back. Thanks again to all who supported us on this adventure...and kind of hard to believe it is over. Love to all and see you soon! Cathy and crew

... with Pete to head to their place for the Paddy's Day weekend. Having caught a miserable cold, we basically chilled out and ate Aidan's great cooking, looked at our Tibet photos, went to the movies and saw "Blood Diamond" which was way better than any of us expected, and explored Manly Beach. We had intended to make it to The Rocks to celebrate the holiday but later decided to hang out in Manly for a mellow but cool night.

... and each floor has community bathroom/showers. There's also a community living room area and gigantic kitchen. Rob is on the first floor, I'm on the second. My roommate isn't here yet. You can HEAR the ocean from the front door, it's literally about a 2 minute walk to the end of our street. Across the street from the beach is a bunch of streets with a ton of little shops, restaurants, cafes and bars. It's a really cool place ...

Khaki, Sally and I planned for a day trip down south. It's a long trip of more than two hours by train from Central station. But Khaki and I didn't notice how long it was since we were busy chatting and catching up :) Sally is going to meet us in Kiama since she's already in Wollongong. Arriving in the township of Kiama, we ...

... areas on the quay) before meeting up with Sanjay late afternoon. Sanjay was great (thank you again!) as he took us over to Manly on the ferry and made sure we got all the best shots of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge as we sailed off into the distance. After a brief mooch around Manly and getting a bite to eat we headed back to Circular Quay and Sanjay took us on a whistle-stop tour of the main sights in Sydney and gave us a few ...

... make this place busy day and night. While we dined on our supper we even found out what the barge was doing out in the harbour as we were treated to a fireworks display. Afterwards we walked back to our hotel for a well deserved sleep. Strange by North American standards, we noticed that families and couples were still about after dark and we felt quite safe in a big city. What a bonzer of a day!