We set off from Sydney for our couples of days in the blue mountains. Our hostel here was the YHA and it was fantastic. As the weather was cold it was great to be able to sit in a great big lounge with a roaring fire. It was like a big country lodge and the staff were ace. Katoomba itself looks awful as the train pulls in but as your walk away from the train station the town itself grows a little more appealing and begins to resemble a typical ski resort ...

Well g'day friends and for those of you reading this thank you for waiting so long for us to update. Our last update was all doom and gloom following the break in but there has been plenty of fun and adventure on the East Coast of Australia both before and after so we are now updating with the places we have visited. We arrived in Sydney from Canberra on the bus which isn't the most glamorous way to travel but it was very cheap and after all the flying we se...