We awoke to beautiful sunny skies, so we decided we would hit the beach. We ate a simple but pleasing breakfast of cereal and toast at the hostel. Then we borrowed some bodyboards from our hostel and headed down to Bar Beach. It was a very popular beach, evident by the crowds of people. We noticed that the gigantic waves were crashing right at the shoreline - the type of waves Tessa does not like! However, we were all anxious to jump into the water because of th...

Three quarters of the Lewis family were up and out the door by 7:30 am for a morning swim! Margaret, however, opted for a cup of tea and some work on the blog. Although the Robinsons had offered us yet another night's accommodation, we decided to head down the road towards Sydney, but break up the 6 hour trip with a stay over at Newcastle. We'd already overstayed and couldn't believe, once again, how generous and friendly the Robinsons, as all our Australian hos...