Sydney 4th - 14th September We came down to Sydney from Taree on the not so speedy "Express" XPT train. It was the same day that Steve Irwin was killed in Queensland by a Manta Ray, quite weird that we were at the zoo only a few weeks ago - a sad day for the crocs. We were staying with Phil's distant cousin Ben and his partner Jonathan, who both emigrated to Oz earlier this year. They're renting a nice 3 bed house in Glebe, a very pleasant suburb of ...

Surf Camp, Barrington Tops and Taree 29th August - 3rd September The rain continued for our next few days on the Oz Experience for some wet and wild adventure! We were lucky again (as we were in Kroombit) to get a good bus driver called Gollum due to his uncanny impression of the Lord of the Rings creature. We were also with a nice small group of people. We didn't make many stops on the way to surf camp in Crescent Head, apart from to gaze in awe at the bi...

Byron Bay 24th-28th August On our way to Byron Bay on the Oz Experience, our first stop was zorbing - i.e. rolling down a hill in an inflatable wet plastic ball like a hamster in Telly Tubby land! It was extremely silly and fun as you can tell from the pictures! We were slightly disturbed at the end to be 'reborn' as zorbenaughts when we jumped back out. As we made our way down the Gold coast we stopped off at Surfer's Paradise - a beautiful beac...