Hotel Ibis Newcastle

... coming from Sydney and on a Tuesday morning/ afternoon it felt pretty deserted. Possibly because everyone was either watching the Melbourne Cup (a hugely popular horse race in Australia) or at work. <br>I walked around and saw some sights, but got so hungry I finally found myself a restaurant where I had lunch and escaped the heat. I am just not one of those people who can ignore an empty stomach, plus the thermostat was ...

... 6<br>Total number of breakdowns - 2<br>Most expensive fuel (premium used through the whole trip) - $188.9 (Barkly Homestead Roadhouse - Northern Territory)<br>Most expensive beer seen - $103<br>Most expensive block of cadbury chocolate purchased - $10.00<br>Most kms done in one day - 880kms<br>Total number of dead kangaroos - 155<br>Total number of dead cows - 5<br>Total number of dead camels - 1<br><br>Signing off - Kaz, John and the Kombi xx<br><br>

... gefolgt. Ueber eine Stunde lang. Er hat an den Ampeln brav gewartet (meistens zumindest) und auch sonst an jeder Strassenecke. Erst dachte ich noch, der hat zufaellig den gleichen Weg, aber dann habe ich irgendwann die Besitzerin angerufen (Name und Nummer auf dem Halsband). Die war ganz locker und meinte, sie koenne erst in einer Stunde von der Arbeit weg und wuerde mich dann anrufen um zu fragen, wo sie George abholen kann. Kurz bevor sie bei uns war, hat ...

... dressed up all fancy and get real drunk and make a fool of yourself. I didn't disappoint of course. Now they don't serve bottles of wine any more. I decided to file my taxes. Staying on the good side of the law is conducive with not loosing my not showing up on Border Patrol wager. It's a good thing I did, because I got $1000 back! Sweet, I can finally afford to take a vacation! I dropped my camera a couple weeks ago. Again. It's been slightly problematic for a while now; the ...

... their dessert wines! and the best one is the Botrytis!!! everybody should go here and just buy so much wine and take it with them home, they dont sell them in any stores, just at the cellardoor. amazing! i went to Peacock Hill Vineyard Pepper Tree Robyn Drayton Golden Grape Estate and Petersons Wines the 2 first ones were the best! now after 2 nightsh here i go to.... Byron Bay!!! i finally got a bed there so ill be heading to Belongil Beachouse

... cheap and yummy so i go for the Happy Meal at least then its the smallest amount of junk food but now im craving it all the time too like the Aussies i think there putting something in them to make them addictive giggle giggle They do taste great at 2 am after drinking and there open 24 hours. OK so i should be skinny with the amount of walking i do the Aussie think i am mad because i will walk 20 Min's or more to get somewhere and ...

... said should be there 30 min+, but ok flight a bit late. I had done a web check-in which was slick and easy even printing my boarding pass ) but the web said I only needed to get there 15 minutes early, not 30+, but I must have misread it, it probably meant 15 minutes for those without baggage. Arrived Sydney after good flight, window seat, started Tandia, bit cramped, nice young English couple. Bag easy to spot ...

... get the type of English that made you feel bad for being English, but the people from Hull sure made you fell this after 4 hours in their company they sure were! Once at the sand dunes which ran over 4km in distance we had a 4WD over them towards the sand boarding area. They gave us a board each and a bit of wax, pointed out the slope which didn't need to be done and away we went! The dune was really steep and enabled you to get some pace up near the bottom. Going down was ...

... about 15 minutes until the food would be ready, which we all took as code for "order a drink, they're laying the meal on for free". I expected the meal to be tiny, but the portions were very generous and although not exactly gourmet the sausages and mash really hit the spot. After dinner (and more beer) we went to the upstairs section of the bar, where Tex was busy arranging a free pool competition. I partnered Lynne, but to be honest I think she should have found ...

... about completed our mission! After chatting for a bit we all made our way to bed, at around midnight. Day 3 Emerging from our room at around 9:30 we did some much needed laundry and then popped down to the local outdoor swimming pool for an even more needed shower; Richard was renovating their home and as a result they did not have a bathroom or shower whilst we were there. The outdoor pool was an impressive arrangement of 4 pools; paddling ...