For those who don't know Port Stephens is the regular haunt of Kylie's brother Sean and his girlfriend Annabelle.Not only do they visit PS at least once or twice a year, they also stay in the same spot, which is the Melaleuca Backpackers in Anna Bay.We thought we had to check out the area and the backpackers. The owners of the backpackers were extremely friendly and helpful.They were able to accommodate our camper trailer so we didn't have to go into a dorm ro...

Our first night's dinner at Woolomin consisted of more vegies from our winnings.The next morning we got up and went for a walk around town - this took about 20 minutes!Our three nights at Woolomin were pretty much spent hanging by the camper and with David off on his motorbike. After the first night our ownership of part of the campsite was interupted by the arrival of a family.Kylie's initial reaction was "wow" they're travelling with five kids.Then...

After setting up camp we cooked dinner straight away using some of the vegetables won the day before. We combined this with a Chicken Kiev for another delicious meal.We chose to hang about the camper and watch an episode of"The Long Way Down" DVD that night. The next morning we went for a walk around the town centre before hitting the road.Next destination unknown. We stopped in Gunnedah for lunch by a picturesque cricket oval where there was a ma...

From Cobar we headed north to the Back o' Bourke.Bourke is a very pretty old town except for the boarded up shops.It's such a pity that not all locals have the same pride in their town. We checked into the Mitchell Caravan Park for the night and then headed to the Bowls club where we said we'd watch Gilly's innings in Perth (Australia v Sri Lanka) on TV and then look around town.As most will know Gilly's innings lasted 118 runs.So not long after he got his 50 ...

The drive from White Cliffs to Wilcannia was uneventful.However, the streets of Wilcannia had a couple dozen more people on them than the day before.Not sure if this had to do with the Aborigines being out to watch/listen to Kevin Rudd's apology or just a more normal day than we had seen the day before.The cost of petrol here was the highest we'd seen it at 164.9 so we only filled enough to get us to Cobar in 260 kms. We stopped for lunch at a campsite/truck sto...