G'Day Today we have been washed out by the weather. It rained most of the morning so we had to take refuge in the shops. They have some really nice stores here the main shops are surf shops but they also have art shops and souvenir shops by the bucket load. As the rain kept coming we decided to go to the movies and stop getting wet for a while!!! When we came out it had brightened up a lot so we took a walk down to the beach and just chilled out for a while be...

G'Day Well it was another early bus to head North to the surf town of Byron Bay, just a short 5 hour hop up the coast. The journey went really quick with just the 1 stop at the Big Prawn Restaurant, complete with 50ft prawn on the roof which got Mel really excited. I think she has developed a love of gigantic food items!!!! With such an early start we were in Byron Bay for midday and checked in at the hostel. As the weather was not too good again we took the co...

G'Day Sheilas It has been our last day in Coffs Harbour, home of the "Big Banana" which is where we headed this morning after another lie in!!! It was supposed to be a 20 minute walk to the Big Banana and Mel was really excited about seeing it, but after walking for just over 1 hour when we saw it we both started laughing and wondered why the hell we had walked all that way to look at a giant banana. I think the travelling and early mornings are starting to aff...

G'Day guys We are back after a rest day yesterday!! Caught the early morning bus from Sydney to Port Macquarie (6 1/2 hrs) and arrived there mid afternoon in the blazing sun. Our hostel gave us a motel room for the night for the price of a double which was a stroke of luck. Now 'The Port' as it is known to locals was a penal colony from 1821 and named after Governor Macquarie by John Oxley in 1818. The last convicts left in 1847 when it was opened up to free se...

G'Day Guys Well it has come around so quick but today has been our last day in Sydney as we have a 7am coach to Port Macquarie in the morning. We have really enjoyed our time here and it has a lot to offer as a city, from the bridge and opera house to the botanic gardens and the blue mountains. We must have been really tired yesterday as we did not wake up this morning till 11am, the good thing about this was that we did not have to buy breakfast but went looki...