Moving slowly north up Australia's east coast, having a couple of days here, a couple there, we crossed from Victoria into New South Wales. Deciding that the sea termperature was now not life threatening, Simon bought himself a bodyboard, supposedly to get in tune with the Ocean before he started surfing. I was quite happy on the beach working on my tan, although he didnt give me much peace as he kept wanting me to watch just in case he caught a wave. Child! I fe...

Arrived in Sydney expecting 42 degree heat as forecasted. Thankfully, it was only 35, reaching 40 the following day. Coming from NZ where we were used to nothing more than the low 20s, and much less in the mountains, we both struggled. We were to be in Sydney for just 2 days, with the sole intention of buying a car. We satyed what we thought would be the ideal place for buying - Kings Cross - supposedly a part of town full of hostels and a few cheap car plac...