The Sebel Harbourside Kiama

... so bright and so numerous, the air crisp and it was all to ourselves. Even the crappiest van park we encountered (Oodnadatta Pink Road House) was a great night because of the people we spent the evening with. There have been places and times and events that just didn’t give the same buzz and it’s because we were in sensory overload. Each day was something new and as the trip went on it took something so much better than the last time to ...

... people. We've posted some photos of our new place for those of you who haven't seen them. Remember, there's plenty of room if you want to visit, or if you're on your way through to the Sunshine Coast. We're feeling completely drained, but still full of anticipation for the times ahead.

We are heading down to Wamboin which is located 20 klms this side of Queanbeyan to pick up our van. It has been living with Belinda and Doug (our daughter and son-in-law) on their 16 acre property for the past year collecting cobwebs waiting for us to finally go somewhere! We are looking forward to celebrating Mothers Day with our family and then heading off.

... action there. So we drove up to the hills and took a look at the beautiful scenery of the Illawara escarpment. Also we had our first barbie experience. Despite being only an electric hotplate Andrew still managed to give everything a chargrilled taste - just like home! Also we had a friendly local duck come to visit while cooking, but it seemed a shame to cook him, so we fed him instead.

... his shin bone in the war and once he recovered spent the rest of this life looking for the shin bone to turn the sisters back to human. He died never finding the bone, so here they still are. Neat story! We ate lunch at the top of the mountain and then rode back down to another lookout point where there is an amazing waterfall and an incredible view. We didn't linger long there either...and now we were ahead of schedule. Which is a good ...

... down. Once we recovered from that I said I think I would have to try on Bondi Beach first, where the waves are smaller. So I turned to walk in and got stung by a bluebottle. It hurt -but it wasn't bad because usually you have to let them sting you until you can get to a towel to pull the stinger off, but the stinger didn't stick to me. It just hit me across my shins, my left one got it the worst. I thought it was my leash at first then I realized how ...

... they have set up here, it's on the 16th floor and the view is amazing. You can see Sydney, opera house and all, from this room. We really have nothing school-ish to do now until Thursday. I'm going to buy a phone today hopefully, because it's really strange not to have one. And after that, it's a day at the beach! :o) (If you want to comment log in as LovefromMI with the password Michigan and leave a comment and sign your name!)

... we made our way out to the Bridge. We walked down the road and went through a non-descript blue door. After climbing a few steps we turned the corner and we were on the Bridge! Couldn't believe it. We made our way out across the structure past the huge granite pillars (which apparently do nothing other than look nice - they don't support any of the weight of the bridge!) whilst our guide was telling us a little bit about the history of ...

... im leaving and gonna go to Fiji and the states. I new when i made the desision that as soon as i changed my flights the boss would call and tell me hes got a new job starting, even though ive been ringing him every day and thats exactly what happend an hour after changeing my flights. I was gonna change them back this morning but **** it i wanna get out of Sydney for a while cause its all a bit of a head ...

Leave Sydney with our new car and begin our road trip a long the New South Wales coast. We drive most of the day and arrive in Kiama for the night. Kiama is a lovely coastal town famous for its 'blow hole' which which the waves are really high can blow up to 50 meter. Set up our tent for our first nights camping and the we explore the beach, which was a stones ...