We woke to find we'd camped next to a recreation ground. Just as Dan had made us breakfast (coffe and peanut butter on charcoaled bread) people started arriving with kids and bikes and balls. We set off and drove through Richmond and Windsor then joined the Pacific Highway going north. We were treated to some gorgeous scenery. Hills and mountains everywhere and the roads winding up then down then up again with steep valleys on one side or the other; mostly ...

Having spent a suprisingly cold night in the van we got up and drove to the Jenolan Caves, about 25km down a steep winding road. The view was very dramatic, with the Blue Mountains in the distance and huge valleys, all covered n forest. The Blue Mountains get their name from the blue haze they give off, which is due to the eucalytus trees' oil vaporising. The caves were impressive; and we walked along the river path for a while before realising we should ge...

Caught a train and a bus to the Wicked depot in Botany. It was full of vans waiting to be picked up before Easter. Wicked vans aren't normal white campers. They all have their own individual paint job. Ours is what she caled 'the arty one'. Not sure what she meant by that as there were others there that were more artistic. Think she meant to substitute 'arty' for 'wierd', but we love it! Its an automatic so Dan found it strange at first but says its ea...

After seeing some leaflets and meeting a couple from Nottingham who had driven a car they'd bought in Cairns down the coast, we made enquiries yesterday about renting a camper van - decided that 5 weeks wasn't long enough to buy drive and sell a car. Went to a travel shop near our hostel and the woman said we had no chance of getting one before the Easter weekend. We said we'd book for the following week but ended up getting a last minute cancellation - onl...

Kings Cross (the area where we're staying) is absolutely fine during the day! Cafes, shops and lots of people around, you don't even notice the strip clubs... In the daylight I began to form a better impression of Sydney. I didn't expect t to be hilly. And it is. From the Kings Cross area you walk down a steep hill then up another until you get to Hyde Park, which is ever so slightly smaller then its namesake. It may seem a starnge thing to comment on,...