So, we've finally picked up the campervan….and it is unreal!! The first day we got it we were off to 'Tara' to see some of my relatives, my Grandad's brother Mick and his wife Marilyn. Barnesie won the standard game of rock paper scissors and got to drive first, it was a 4 and a half hour trip out to Tara, so he took the helm for the first half and then I took over for the final leg, unfortunately for me this was as Mick pulled a bottle of chilled red wine from...

Yo, JB is back on the blogging duties. So onto Surfers for some hardcore, relaxing maxing. On day one though we decided that it was time for exercise seeing as neither of us had done anything healthy since we've left. So we went for a good solid run on the beach. At the end of our run there was a pier, we walked to the end where the waves were literally crashing onto the rocks and over our heads where it was so windy, on the way back down the pier a guy with a...

So, onto the much awaited surf camp…to begin our surfing careers!! We were on the coach at 7.30am and heading for the crescent head surf shack. We arrived at about 2.30pm after driving down a 15minute dirt track which took us a stones throw away form the beautiful and private beach, perfect for learning to surf. We met the crew and checked in, the surf shack was basically in the middle of nowhere, a great place to kick back and try and become surfing greats! We...

After a short 1 hour, 706km internal flight we arrived in Sydney, this is where it could be said the "real" adventure will now begin, we caught a train to the centre of the city and then checked into our first Hostel of the trip, dumped our bags and then went for a wander up one of the main streets towards arguably Sydney's two greatest landmarks, the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. When we finally got to the Harbour it was a great sight, both very stri...

Merry Christmas!! Christmas edition as promised, and its probably going to be the best one yet, a few funny stories, one fantastic day, and of course Christmas down under! So I will start with the 23rd-(Mums might want to stop reading now and skip a few paragraphs…sorry) Uncle Steve has a Triumph Speed Triple 1050, only a year old, in black. Amazing! After speaking to him at the house party a few days earlier, he offered to take me and C out for a ride, ...