Jacq found one of the big 4 sites in near the city, about $50 a night so we decided to have a day of relaxation, praying for sun and a pool only to find more torrential rain and no pool. But it's a great campsite with a view of the beach - can't beat it! It's a bit pricey but good for Sydney and Jacqs' research shows we can buy an "opal card" put credit on it for all ferries, buses and trains into and around the city! Best thing is it's capped at $15 spending a ...

Late last night we could hear some atrocious singing and guitar playing- after several attempts to zone out it just kept getting louder and louder so ... If you can't beat em! We headed over to a group of what we soon realised where young Germans - about 15 of them and the musician we discovered has been learning this past 4 months - explained a lot! So we then grew in empathy/sympathy and joined in - he was still dire though. We left them to it after an hour - ...

Today we set off at 9 AM deciding we wouldn't return to this campsite, although useful it's too far from where we need to be on the Blue Mountain track, so we moved on and drove for about an hour and a half meeting the great Western Highway. We arrive at the Blue Mountains National Heritage Centre, which has a lovely cafe known as the conservation hut famed for fantastic views of the mountain range. Its' main attractions being the Kings Table Mountain and the We...

On the hunt for an Apple Store we drove to Charlestown discovering that the mall was open which delighted us no end. We managed to find the Apple Store and reserved an appointment for 1pm for Matts phone. The mall itself is massive, never seen anything like it - so many stores, so after booking the appointment we decide to do some grocery shopping in Woolworths. On route, we discover the most garish suit we've ever seen, yep, of course Matt wants it - see above ...

Matt's had a mad driving session so it's a rest day at the campsite. He snoozes after brekkie and Jacq is reading Mike Lawsons "dead on arrival". Around 4pm we decide to check out the Local RSL club, considering we are now members - why not?! It is basically an ex service man's club with cheap drinks and food. We meet a guy from our campsite called Marty, he's working here, a flight away from his 3 kids and wife in Brisbane and joins us. Really friendly guy who...