Welcomed the morning in with a huge bacon, egg and mushroom butty - Yummy! It has been well worth the 5 month wait. Finally registered Frank as ours at the RTA office, didnt take Claire long to decide who could be the main owner of him, when the admin guy said 'is responsible of all fines and payments?'...Dave! We then had a drive round the town, Claire getting used to the automatic side of the car - cant stop the left leg from keeping on going for the non-exi...

Had some breakfast before going into the nearby town to get Frank kitted out with camping gear. A duvet, pillows, pots and pans, storage unit, plates and cups, cutlery and a chiller bag later all organised in the boot we are now ready to camp up the east coast in comfort and style! Or as Dave says, 'camping like a girl'! We had a go at putting up the tent - a nice 4 man size and is going to be our home for the next 2 1/2 months. Well, from when we leave Jonas...

Time to drive in the city! Had to wait a good half hour first as the car door wouldnt open, well, it did, but it just locked shut straight away! Great. After a few cross words and not being able to open the door we tried the boot and realised that the latch had jammed. Not to worry, we soon fixed it, but have to make sure that the latch is always down when we open and lock the car. Before long we were off and out into the huge city of Sydney. It went well a...

This morning we set off on the underground to city central where we needed to go to the RTA office and register ourselves as the new owner of our car, Frank - we arrived at 1pm and the place had shut at 12! We then took the train back to the opera house to see it in the daytime - still just as impressive and this time we got close enough to go inside and there probably isnt many people that can say 'we went to the loo in the Sydney Opera House'. Next to the ope...

First on the list today was to look for our own transport. We've already spoke about this with other travellers and come to the conclusion that we need a station wagon and the travellers car markets are the best places to get good deals. The Sydney car market is just round the corner from our hostel and located on an old underground car park. There was about 10 cars and vans on the market all with various prices and conditions. Some travellers can be stuck he...