Comfort North Shore Lane Cove

Started the day by starting the pack up process - pulling down the caravan awning - getting some washing done and getting the boys to do a little school work. After Denzel had a good sleep we took off over to Manly to catch the ferry back to the city to get the obligatory photos of the Habour Bridge and On the steps of the Opera House. Ended up being a quick trip in and out as we had ...

... big $ and lots of time for maintenance. Unfortunately a lot of the photos didn't come out too well. Went to go to IMAX but what we wanted to see wasn't showing so ended up skipping it and let the kids have a play on the playground in the city instead. Caught the trains back and got home little earlier thankfully. All tired again. More sightseeing tomorrow.<br>

... seeing the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House was special. Of course there was the trip home catching the ferry and the 3 trains again. At least the 2nd time round we kinda knew where we were going this time. Back to the same place tomorrow.... not the zoo but the city. Will be expert public transport travellers by the end of our time here - well maybe not. <br>

... this time as there was not so much weight to pull - but forgot about the cold factor. It was freezing and Jeremy didn't have a jumper and the boys were wearing shorts so didn't really stay for long. Took the photos and then went for a drive along the ridge. Was very pretty and amazing scenery... would of been nice to walk through it all a bit more - maybe next time. On the way down the mountain the boys decided they wanted to go back to church! That might surprise some but they had ...

Well, we spent the first two nights of our trip in Sydney - really not very outback! But we got to catch up with Jamie &amp; Gill the first night (Wednesday) and Adam &amp; Alison the second (Thursday). We stayed for two nights because Laurie was getting shelves put in the back of Adam's car. Just in case you don't know, Laurie &amp; Josie (Matt&#8217;s parents) are ...

O.K. I have half an hour to book flights out of Indonesia before Nicki arrives to pick me up to go to the airport (or I won't be allowed to fly into Indonesia, slight oversight) and some accommodation would be good too. I can do this, Internet, Internet on the wall, find me the prettiest accommodation of all, and make it cheap but fabulous and err a flight out would be good too, hmmm where is that on switch to Internet. AH HA ...

... river town, surrounded by wineries, olive growers, local food producers and the most amazing stretch of coastline. during our very short stay in this area, we visited bartholomew's meadery, where we sampled a lot of sweet tasting honey wine; and the denmark farmhouse, where we tasted the wine, cheese, chutneys and fudge they make, before ordering a cheese platter, of which i took the best food photo, absolutely made for the pages of a marks &amp; spencer's or waitrose ...

... friends for some early drinks... which extended to late drinks... in Helm Bar on Darling Harbour which randomly turned into a Salsa dancing venue part way through the night. Early start (damn those drinks) for our day tour to the Blue Mountains. We were at the first pick up spot and spent about another 90 minutes picking up the rest of the tour group - if we'd known then we could have met them at the last pickup point! The driver/guide was very chatty ...

... gardens to Mrs Macquarie's Chair, which is supposed to have great views of the harbour. So, time was passing by really. We were both working and socialising, going to the cinema every now and then and generally experiencing everyday life. It was a bit cold and wet most days for the beach but the weather did start to improve around September so we checked out Bondi beach (so overrated!!) and did the Bondi to Coogee cliff-top walk which was really nice and goes by all the ...

... couldn't stand. Especially after spending three days up in Barrington without talking to a single person. Big change. I'd still love to go back and do a lot more of the hikes. It would take one months to do the whole park. There are so many caves and waterfalls. I spent the night in a caravan park in Katoomba (app. 1050 metres elev.) last night, though the wind was so strong the tent kept blowing right over so the roof and sides would touch me and wake me up just ...