This area of coast did not seem to have an awful lot to see so we powered through down to Eden, the last major town before entering the state of Victoria. En route we did stop to see a blowhole in the rocks - shooting up fountains of water. We also paid a visit to Mogo Zoo. We loved seeing the playful white lions, meerkats and red pandas but were rather saddened by the size of the enclosures. On a whim we both bought a mood ring for a laugh (Mark thinking he wo...

Wow! The Blue Mountains are simply stunning. The haze caused by the eucalyptus oil from the Eucalptus trees causes them to look blue - hence the name. We stayed in a town called Katoomba on our first night (1100m above sea level) and it was very very cold! We were lucky though - we had missed the sleet and snow of the previous week and we actually had beautiful sunny weather during the day. We spent time touring the area, seeing the famous Three Sisters rock for...

On arrival in Sydney we opted to stay in a campsite on the outskirts rather than brave the city traffic. The campsite was lovely - in a national park and teeming with wildlife (including a fat possum that seemed obsessed with nibbling Kims toes and rather nervous Bilbys - long nosed furry creatures). We headed into Sydney on the bus, crossing over the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge en route. We immediately opted to do a harbour cruise as the sun was shining - a fa...

The rains started our last afternoon in Byron Bay and followed us for four days and 450kms. Not pleasant trying to cook dinner in lay-bys and tramping off to public toilets at 1am in a thunderstorm... We saved some more money parking up at 'rest areas' overnight at the side of the road and as a result looked and smelled like something the cat dragged in. Highlights of the four days drive included: 1) Waterfalls and rainforest scenery near Coffs Harbour 2) Watc...

Hunter Valley - the home of Aussie wine! We were looking forward to sampling a few wines - just to see how they compared to our tasting in South Africa - a purely scientific and clinical comparison you understand! We booked a wine tour with 'James' Wine Tours' only to find out that James is an English guy from Stevenage...its a small world! We visited 5 'boutique vineyards' and pretended to look sophisticated and knowledgeable at the first establishment as we w...