Harrington, Australia

... and missed our connecting flight to Taree. Our mobile phone still didn't work in Melbourne (even though we were back in Australia) but somehow Alan found a public phone box (just try finding one these days!) and by a miracle managed to contact our house ...

... bays. So on our second day in the area, we drove up to Crowdy Head which is just down the road from Harrington, in Crowdy Bay National Park, and got out to inspect the local lighthouse. The region has rocky headlands, one after another, ...

... by Taliban insurgents. Then chillingly, a Polish engineer was kidnapped in Pakistan and beheaded. And just before we left Australia almost every news article included bombings in the Swat Valley, Lahore and Peshawar. Thanks no doubt to strong arm US ...

... up and was actually verging on warm... almost.   We had a quick lesson on weather systems and wind directions on Australia's east coast and a few more hours surfing before we left for dinner. We drove for another hour to a town whose name ...