Not sure if I mentioned that it's been raining a lot so far. Today was stormy almost all the way through. After driving yesterday in the rain I had no desire to repeat that even on a short journey. The hostel has food on site and it all looked pretty tasty. As I knew I would be having breakfast, lunch & dinner today, I opted for the berry smoothie. About time I had something healthy. This day had been earmarked for hitting the beach and the pool of playing ...

I awoke at 06:00, but there was no chance of going for a run this morning with the rain stotting down. After speaking to Becky, I got myself ready & checked out. As it saved me $4 I had booked the return journey to the airport with the Con-X-ion shuttle. What an error. In hindsight since my hostel was over the road from the AirTran I should have got to the airport on the train. I stood waiting for the shuttle for 30mins before it arrived, & then went aro...

A lazy Sunday morning with a full English breakfast was a nice way to start our last day in Sydney. The sun was out again but the wind meant it did not feel as hot as the previous days. This did not deter us from heading to the surfing Mecca that is Bondi Beach. Chris with lots to sort out suggested that I drive the car so Alan & I headed off to the beach. With the GPS on the go we didn't get lost and parked right on the beach. We strolled to the headl...

Tubrok sheep station was today's destination. We were greeted by Geoff on horseback at the entrance. Geoff lived & worked on the sheep station & had quite a busy life. With five university degrees, two ex wives & having worked in most of the world, he was quite the character. Two family groups, alongside a coach of Japanese tourists were our companions for the first half of the day. First of all Geoff talked to us about life on a sheep station out i...

It was still dark when we set off for Kiama this morning. I feel this prompted Alan to where a coat & pack his seaside clothes in the rucksack. I suggested this was unnecessary, all I was travel with was a towel, as it was already 19degrees & we had a long walk ahead of us. Undeterred he ended up taking two bags. After catching the train to central we had 7mins to catch our connection to Kiama on platform 3. However platform 3 was not signposted, so aft...