After what seemed like a long time on the road we were glad to get to Byron Bay where we would spend the next 5 days. The first couple of days we spent relaxing on the beach and wandering around the town. We drove to the airport to pick Rose up; a friend we've met in Sydney, through Ed. We were very excited to have someone else with us for a few days, but not quite as excited as a lady at the airport who was obviously waiting for her boyfriend to arrive (look at ...

After speaking to some people at the eco-friendly backpacker campsite when we were in Port Stephens we decided we definitely wanted to go inland a little and drive along Waterfall Way, Armidale to Dorrigo. As you have probably guessed there has been an on-going theme in our trip so far to not do things logically or in order...so why change? It was actually us being sensible on this occasion in that the 140 km road we needed to travel on from Port Macquarie to Arm...

We had a change of plan and decided not to go to Hunter Valley. It would have meant going back on ourselves and we didn't really have time to see it properly as well as some other places before we were due to meet Rose in Byron Bay, so instead off we went to Port Macquarie. Sal has been wanting to find an ice cream parlour called Cold Rock since Christie mentioned one months ago in Thailand! It's not just any ice cream parlour though, it's one with loads of diff...

We spent a couple of nights in Newcastle as one of the first places offically on the east coast run. We went to the Black Butt Nature Reserve which was a nice bush-like place to wonder round and have a chance to get close to the Koalas they have there. Koalas aren't actually that soft, they seme more fluffy than anything...and they sleep for 19 hours a day, what a life! Moving onto Port Stephen, we spent a few nights at a really eco-friendly back-packer camp sit...

After a great weekend back in Sydney we were on our way again! The blue Mountians are only about 2 hours away from Sydney and are a must-see. We rocked up into a little town called called Katoomba. you wouldn't think that this town was so close to such natural beauty, it was so strange. As we were getting over a heavy few days of drinking we decided to hold back on any kind of trekking until the next day. The Lonely Planet claims that the mountains are alot co...