Woodbyne Private Hotel Berry

... schooners at the local pub.


On the Tuesday we drove to Kangaroo Valley, Along the way we stopped at Tallowa Dam. Not just any other dam the Talloowa dam has installed a Fish Lift! The fish lift is an amazing engineering marvel that allows fish to pass the dam either by the super fun looking slippery dip
down the face of the dam or by the fish lift. The fish lift expidites fish up and over the wall of the dam in ...

... colonial-looking guesthouse by the beach. Stayed in the PB room (very cute and benefiting of a large veranda - facing north-west, so we got loads of sun and little wind). Visited Huskisson and went to the Husky Pub for dinner (early as kitchen closed at 8pm on Sunday). Had burgers (classic version, not the "special Hero" one which had an interesting combination of pineapple, beetroot and eggs). Coffe in the veranda at the guesthouse.  

WARNING - this is a long 'un. But it was Christmas after all When we left England back in June, Christmas was not really on our mind. With the build up to the trip and all that went with it, we never really considered where we would be, what we would be doing or who we would be spending it with. As it turned out we would be spending Christmas in Australia, doing lots of fun and unusual activities (unusual in the sense that Christmas in the sun offers a whole different lot ...

... be fixed and they had replaced it with another suitcase 'approx' the same size (definitely not the same quality). They were supposed to have delivered it to the airport for us to pick up..... 5 mins before actually boarding our flight I find out that they can't get it to us and they won't return our original case!!! Instead they've allowed us up to 300AUD to spend on the suitcase of our choice ... gee that is so nice of them! We also lost ...

Singapore to Perth for 5 hours, hop off the plane, 4 hours to kill at 2am in the morning Perth time and then on to Sydney another 4 hours away and 2 hours in front....very confusing.....tired. Sooo tired. Our flight was livened up however with a group of young people who were winging their way to auditions for 'So You Think You Can Dance'; a reality TV show in Australia. When we landed in Sydney, 13 hours after we had started, Pat was wearing his red hoodie and looked quite ...

Hi everyone! The travelblog site I tried was having problems updating - I got sick of it so I started this one :) Our trip itinerary is: 27/5 Sydney -> Bangkok 30/5 Bangkok -> Cairo 31/5 - 8/6 - Cairo & the Nile Tour (CHAT Tours) 8/6 ...

... board for those who know what they're doing and the waves here are actually quite big (and merciless)... but there is hope indeed, oh yes, there is hope.
Today I was out, and actually found myself teaching someone how to surf.. which is a good sign. I may also go out again after I've written this, as it takes 5 mins to get to the beach:)
Next week, 5 of us will be heading out to Dubbo (6 hours NorthWest of here ...

This morning we started by driving back to the Bowali Visitors centre to get some more information about the park. We then stopped off at Nourlangie Rock, which has some aboriginal art sites. At the start of the path we were lucky enough to spot a rock wallaby in the trees. We had it to ourselves for a few minutes before a bus load of tourists came along and scared it of. After a walk around, we drove back through Jabiru to the Ubirr ...

It took us a little over 7 days to get down the coast. We did have a few days lay over here and there, a little hard to go to long squishes in the truck with the dog. Along the way we did make several stops to try and figure out where the country's best pies where (not like Grandma's apple pie- meat and veggie pies). Our fist big stop, after we left New Brunswick was at a farm in Kempsy. We staid at Clay's Mom's friends, Denise's farm. It was on several acres ...

... can sometimes be lost. It's now even too cold to swim except on the most abnormally hot days, and nights are dropping down into the 5 degree range. Soon enough though, I'll be on break, and then we'll be off to explore the rest of Australia. Hope all is well for everyone at home, and we both love getting e-mails and money from home(kidding about one of those). So let us know how Canada is doing, as we brace for our first Australian winter.