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... and for the first time, we could actually "see" something.  Did not do the tour but visited the main cave. Beautiful.  Did a walk in the area with nice views over the cave and the lake.  Walked also around the lake and saw a rainbow coloured lizard.... and a platipus!  Very good muffin at the cafe.  Drove through Bathurst - a few interesting buildings - and Millthorpe.  Millthorpe is really ...

... to the airport. I did stuff while i waited for my flight to LA. Arrived in LA at 11:30pm and got a free shuttle to my hotel. I rang the folks and spent a bit on that phone call. The 2nd last day: I did a tour of LA. Saw the usual things, Venice Beach, the Hollywood sign, Rodeo Drive, The Viper Room, Man's Chinese Theatre and so forth. That's all i did. Not real keen on LA. last Day!!!! slept in. went to LAX to ...

... lifted. Most times it hadn't, but late on our last full day in Katoomba it seemed to get brighter as we sat on the B&B's verandah and finished eating some very tasty meat pies, with even some blue sky starting to peek through the cloudy murk. So I grabbed Karen by the hand and off we went to try the now-fabled scenery one last time ...

Wednesday, 19th December, 2007 (Written by Suzanne) Driving to Mount Panorama, Bathurst Again not much to report about today, we are slowly making out way across the state. Tonight will be our last night on the road until the New Year. Stephen woke up unwell, he thinks we pick up a bug, I think he drank too much cheap Flip Flop. We packed up the van and I drove down to Cowra which ...

... the ferry crossing. Windsor First time in a B&B run by a couple from New Zealand (they seem to love it here though), it was incredibly good value with breakfast thrown in and we cooked steak which is damn cheap in Oz. The evening was quite fun, the guy asked us to help translate a pretty old song "Non Monsieur" which is about a lady saying no to a dance - he was very disappointed having suspected that ...

Tuesday 3rd This morning I walked around the track, up to the top of the mountain and down the other side. I made sure I took the camera and I took photos all along the way because I knew when I got back to camp HE would say "you didn't go all the way !" and sure enough that's exactly what he said!!! It took me just over an hour -the going ...

... only one thing for it. I have to stay long enough to see some sunshine and that is exactly what I am doing. I swear to god I'm paler now than I have ever ever been... I'm even resorting to the spray-on stuff, now that is bad for someone who spent 6 months travelling. Anyway... now that I have been suitably pommy by opening this entry with a whopping 14 lines talking about the weather, I can move on to more interesting things... So - I have been ...

... gency do the work for them! Boo! Being * Brit seems to be * hinder*nce in Sydney *t the moment, simply bec*use there *re so m*ny of us, we're so good *t our jobs (!) *nd we've b*sic*lly t*ken over Sydney, so comp*nies *re struggling to hit their Ozzie quot*s. Ridiculous re*lly, they were *ll bloody Brits origin*lly *nyw*y ;) he he! Anyw*y, there *re * few others in the pipeline still so we'll wh*t comes of it, but Riv *nd I *re keeping our options *s open *s possible *t the ...

... male and several females and juveniles. 3. Male and females are different colours. The male is a deep red colour. The female is often called a "blue-flyer" because she is blue-grey. 4. Red kangaroos are mainly nocturnal. They only grass and plants. 5. They travel in two ways - a slow awkward crawl with their small forearms and their famous hoping motion. When going fast, a large red kangaroo can easily travel forward about four ...

... then on to Bichono, where we went on night watch to see hundreds of Fairy Penguins returning home from a day out at sea. A highlight of our trip was our interactive tour of a wildlife park, where we mingled with kangaroos and wallabies. Informative shows featuring Tasmanian devils, wombats and koalas, where most of the stars were once injured and brought to the park for refuse. Not far from Hobart is Port Arthur, where at one ...