We had a lazy day at Jill and Verne (Grandma and Grandpa)'s yesterday and today. Yesterday Grandma took the boys swimming at the local pool; and Jeff and Kaidan went for a quick fish at Greenwell point but caught nothing :(. Today it really feels like our adventure is over. Jeff and I now have colds and we all just wanted to stay in the nice big warm house today - We didn't want to go for a drive, go to a lookout or go for a walk. We are in familiar territory an...

We drove down to Sydney this morning from Bulahdelah. I love the highways through the mountains around Sydney. The sun is shining on a beautiful winters day - We drove across the Sydney Harbour Bridge and walked to the steps of the Opera House and around the botanical gardens. This wad the boys first visit to Sydney. We are now on our way to Grandma's and Grandpa's house

We drove all day today, all looking forward to getting home and it is cold outside. We briefly drove through the tourist towns of Byron Bay (photo), Lennox Heads and Coffs Harbour. We are spending the night in a motel (our first and only motel this trip) in Bulahdelah.

We enjoyed breakfast on the balcony overlooking the Tweed River this morning before going for a drive to Mt Warning NP (photo) where we had a short walk in the drizzle. We chose not to climb to the top as it was in teh clouds all day. We then drove through Uki and to the Madura Tea factory. In the evening we attended 'Greenhills on Tweed TGIF tapas' - great food.

We left Hervey Bay after cleaning the Hilux and Camper -we couldn't get all the red dirt off, even with a high pressure hose. We drove through Brisbane, taking a quick detour to see April. We arrived at Greenhills on Tweed (photo) - David's function centre in time for dinner. We enjoyed a relaxing evening in front of the fire.