It's wet wet wet here - just like it was when I last visited here 5 years ago! I can't believe my luck (or lack of it)! I'm sure the views are very nice.....if I could bloody well see them!!! :o( Thankfully on the second day the weather was a little better. We visited the Jenolan Caves (the oldest in the world apparently) and invited the 2 English girls from our room to join us....well it would be rude not to! The caves were OK (well, whe you've seen one stala...

Here we are AGAIN! We seem to keep coming back here, but at least this time it is for a very good reason......the first race of the Formula One Grand Prix 2008 season!!!!And once again the temperatures are reaching 40 degrees!The actual race day was like an endurance test - 6 hours of sitting in almost unbearable heat with only my crappy umbrella for shade and constantly feeling thirsty no matter how much water you drank! And to top it off, Ferrari performed terr...

Another long, but uneventful drive to the country's capitol city....and probably one of it's most boring! (We met a guy from Canberra while we were in Bryon Bay and he said that most young people move away as soon as possible! Yes, it's great if you're a student or a young family but.....)!This sentiment was reinforced by our Swiss room mate - he'd been here for 3 nights and said that that was MORE than enough!Anyway, there ARE plenty of museums (and the like) to...

Wae'aye man! Again not a great deal for the tourist to see here - another lighthouse = check; another viewing tower = check (at least this one has some comedy value....it's referred to as the Giant Penis because it does indeed look like one! I wonder what old Queenie had to say when she officallly opened it)??!I did give body boarding a go, and as with surfing, I wasn't very good and nearly drowned on several occassions! At least my teacher was patient with me (a...

We arrive here feeling that life can't get better than this - not only have we seen a giant prawn but we've also seen The Big Banana, an icon of Australia (and the cause for all things 'big' here)!!! However, there isn't a lot here, but as we were only staying for one night it didn't really matter. Still, it seems like a nice place to visit with the usual nice beaches etc.