Goulds Country, Australia

o man was this a good weekend. We had a girls only (Julia, Karen, Morgan, Bekka and I) backpacking trip up to an area know as the Bay of Fires. The bus left at 8:30am and four hours later we were in St. Helens, the biggest town in the north east but not ...

Up the coast to the Bay of Fires (named for fires along the coast spotted by European explorers), and a visit to a rainforest area, and the St. Columba falls. Also, a few visits to some local towns and farms, and a sampling of world famous cheese.

Wow - we decide to splash out for M's birthday on 20th and it was well worth it.  We saw loads of creatures in the wild ; wallabies, kangaroos, echidna (like porcupines), a wombat, loads of birds...  - it was Amaaaazing (as the Aussies like to ...