We joined the Oz Experience bus last week and headed up the coast - our first stop was in Coffs Harbour which was about a 9 hour drive away. Not as unbearable as it sounds, and there was good music playing on the radio. I was happy. It's a quiet little town on the coast, Mike had wanted to fish so we got up early and hired one of the hostels free rods. This was where we should have stopped and taken stock. If it's free, that means it's rubbish. So after about 40...

So I arrived in Sydney on Thursday and managed to successfully navigate my way (with Mike) to central Sydney. The trains here are double deckers - I was impressed! It's the little things in life...! Dumped our stuff at the hostel and had a wander round. Quite a nice city, but as you may have noticed from the last rant (sorry, 'blog') I'm growing weary of cities. So after the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and a nip around the Botanical Gardens (full of bats - eek!)...