So in the last few days we have been to Australia Zoo (which was pricey, but good), drove through Brisbane during peak hour traffic for some reason, and caught up with Keith and Kathy in Nambucca Heads. Today we have a short drive from Kempsey to Newcastle. From there our itinery is looking like this; Saturday: Newcastle - Canberra Sunday: Canbe...

What a warm welcome, Whitney I love you! We met back in China a long time ago and it was just one evening but we had the best and deepest conversations you can ever imagine in a short time like that. That stuck so well in my memory, so I had to see her again. It took me a second of a moment to realize where we stopped when we last met and we con...

Hi there just updating the gossip on April in Newcastle. Well as the title suggests there has been a lot of drinking wine. We have been doing our bit for the environment and saving water giggle giggle. We also took part in a 60 minutes light off event that took place where everyone around Oz switched of all lights and electricity for an hour whi...

This is the only port where we had to tender into town, since the ship docked in a container/shipping area which is not safe for traffic. Our group was instructed to wait in the theater until our group was called to come down to board the tender. We arrived early enough to be in the first group, but three in our party had concierge privileges, a...

Woke early and headed straight to the British Embassy and arrived there at about 8.30 in the morning, to find that i wasnt actually the first person in line. But by 10.30 i had had my new entry clearance visa approved and was on my way back up to Newcastle to see my sisters. Arrived in Newcastle mid afternoon in time to have an afternoon coffee ...

As if all this hospitality weren't enough, Alan is also a rugby fan and had his telly fixed specifically so that we could get up at 6.45am for the All Blacks vs France game. It's a huge win to the ABs too - bargain! At around 9am, Elaine and Alan pack all sorts of stuff into some boxes and we head off into the next door park for a brilliant BBQ ...

The first morning of my travels turned out to be really misty and grey. I took the train to Lithgow and then started to hitchhike. It didn't took long for me to catch two rides with coal miners to Windamere lake. After setting up the camp and cooking dinner over camp fire I started fishing. The first night was not successful. On the second day I...

It was our last day in Sydney. We checked out at 10:00 am and put are bags in lockers for the day as our bus didn't leave until 6:45pm. So, we decided to go to the Sydney Aquarium. What a great place! We saw sharks, rays, coral gardens and even Nemo. There was an underwater tunnel were we watched and listened to seals swimming above our heads. W...

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