Day 39: 8/2/13 Laura and I were both up early enough this morning, but we spent ages chatting at breakfast so it was almost 12 before we were ready to leave the house! Laura had gotten these few days off so we were free to roam around. We went to the Aquarium first. We saw lots of penguins- you could see them waddling around, swimming, minding eggs ob their feet! There was a fairly big sea horse display too. We had gotten a ticket to go behind the scenes and se...

Day 38: 7/2/13 This morning was a sleep in- we didn't have to leave until 8!! We drove for an hour first so we could sleep even more! We stopped at a Rainforest to do a little walk- only about 15 minutes. We saw some big trees. Apparently Australia used to have trees way bigger than the sequoia and redwood in America but they were chopped down. The trees we saw were obly about 30/40m but they looked impressive. The older trees that they cut down were 157m tall!...

Day 37: 6/2/13 Up at 6:30 this morning. It takes an hour for a group to get ready, have breakfast and pack the trailer. We did a hike then to Chataqua peak in the mountains around. The path mostly wound around gently uphill so wasnt too strenuous. When we got to the top you could walk out over the rocks to the actual tip of the peak. We went a little bit of the way and thought it was too steep so we turned back! You could see a good view from where we were anywa...

Day 36: 5/2/13 It was hard to get up this morning as the other people in the room were all still in bed! Luckily I had a shower last night so I didn't have to get up too early! I got picked up anyway which is always a good start to the trip. We picked up a few more people and then started to drive. The guide told us that there were no major views today so to sleep away on the bus. So I closed my eyes and slept a little for the first two hour stretch. We stopped...