On the last stretch now from Melbourne back up to Sydney to return the van and catch our flight our of here. We chose to take the coastal route back to Sydney and not bother visiting Canberra. I know it's the Captial and we really should visit, but as you can tell, we are both feeling like once you've seen one city you've seen them all. We came ...

The drive to Lakes Entrance was uneventful save for two things - the further south we drove, the sunnier it got and "street signs". Along the state highway in short intervals, you are "bombarded" with messages urging you to "powernap". Messages include: - Feeling tired? - Powernap now (unfortunately no resting area in sight) - Weary? - See above...

Close to the town of Lakes Entrance we rejoined the Princes Highway, our companion for the majority of our journey across Oz. After a short time it was time to turn North again, leaving the Princes Highway for the last time and head for Canberra, the capital of Australia (just in case you thought it was Sydney or Melbourne). Our penultimate nigh...

As we had 'survived' the previous camping expedition, we decided we would buy our own tent for the next few weeks of our travelling. Between Christmas and New Year we headed off for another two nights (300 km East) and visited Buchan (well renowned for the caves there). The kangaroos which surrounded us seemed interested in what we were having f...