Blog Day 181 Thurs 3rd November 2011 Today we got up……………………It's raining! We drove to Sydney……………. In the rain! We drive across the epic Sydney Harbour Bridge………………………but can't see the harbour because of the rain and mist! We drive right through Sydney and out the other side…………………….In the rain! Finally to get out of the rain and the traffic we dive into one of the thousands of McDonalds for a McF...

Blog Day 180 Wed 2nd November 2011 We hit the road straight away again this morning, we can't really hang around to cook any brekkie as we have run clean out of gas. An hour and a half later and we are walking into the tourist info building in Newcastle. The fella that we talk to is obviously very proud to call Newcastle his home and we leave feeling that we should emigrate here right away! With an arm full of leaflets we take a drive along the coastal roads ...

Blog Day 179 Tues 1st November 2011 Today we head into Port Macquarie. We find some outdoor BBQs & soon have breakfast sorted. We have a stroll around the town & pick up a couple few things from the supermarket. We then discover that the Tourist info/theatre (The Glasshouse) has free Wi-Fi. So we move the van & jump in to have a catch up on good old Facebook & e-mails etc. We then pop round to a shopping mall just to have a wander around. We ...

Blog Day 177 Sun 30th October 2011 So we say goodbye to the Canadians & hope we catch up with them further down the coast somewhere & leave Byron bay for the long stretch towards Sydney then headed for the Great Ocean Road. First stop Coffs Harbour. On the way down we turn off the highway and drive up, what can only be described as, a bloody big hill! At the top we are treated to an amazing view all the way back down the coast. We also get our bearings...

Blog Day 173 Wed October 2011 So even though technically we have just spent the night in a camper on a patch of grass for a ridiculous price, we still get given a check out time of 10am. Why we have no idea, it's not as if they need to do any housekeeping. We are making our way to Byron Bay today though we aren't checked into the Nomads until tomorrow night we decide that we will find a rest stop somewhere near there later on today. We pop into the Nomads to i...