Time is flying and the temperatures and petrol prices are rising as we move northwards. On wednesday we caught the bus into Sydney from Sea Shells our Bondi appartment. Craig and Aimee gallantly climbed the Sydney harbour bridge a two hour climb after an hour of kitting up. The rest of us climbed the pylon 250 stairs (almost as high as the bridge) for a look see and then headed into The Rocks for some lunch before taking refuge from the sun in an air conditioned ...

After a morning swim in the pool at the campsite we got in the car and headed of towards our new destination of Bondi. And about 2 hours of singing later we stopped at Lake Tabourie Beach. It was beautiful but the toilets weren't so nice because Zoe got stuck in and I freaked out because of a beatle (it was multicoloured and was really cool but it could have been poisonous). We played on the beach for a while and had some rolls to eat. And then we hopped back in...

Sapphire Coast After an early morning start we hit the Princes highway north for the longest drive of our trip. Adhering to really low speed limits we stopped after a couple of hours for bacon rolls that we cooked at one of the hundreds of picnic spots with electric bbq's. Views in all directions were stunning and most of the trip looked like we were cruising through the set of home and away. Our favourite being gypsy point. The only thing missing were the ri...

It's Friday 13th and our last day in the city. For a quick last sight we went to the AMCI museum of moving images. There were heaps of interactive gadgets to keep us all entertained. Zoë made an animation of herself and Oli played packman. Our childhood tv's and games consoles were on display as if they had come out of the ark. We picked up our hire car which had been upgraded to a Nissan X-trail (think I could get used to driving it), though not sure how prac...

What a busy couple of days sightseeing. The children have been troopers while we've walked many miles around the city. The Melbourne sea life centre was a big hit, a giant crocodile which could be viewed from a glass bottom boat being a favourite. The penguins were very cute too and quite sociable coming up to the glass to say hello.The old Melbourne Gaol was an entertaining stop. We were all arrested and charged before being thrown into a cell and locked up. Z...