It rained for much of last night and it was rather chilly too! We woke up to a fresh and bright day though, which continued to be sunny for the day! We set off from Taree and took a tourist route called 'the lakes way' which took you the scenic route past 3 lakes and through Booti Booti national park. The first lake we came across was Wallis lake, which we drove along for a fair bit of the way. Part of it was surrounded by two towns, Forester - Tuncurry. Foreste...

1 week till xmas!! Neither of us slept particuarly well as we were both cold in the night! The evenings have been getting much cooler over the last week and last night was particularly nippy! We packed up and headed towards Port Macquarie. We wanted the tourist info but as usual, we couldn't find it! The signs always seem to stop after a while and nowhere near it either! We eventually found our way and enquired about a few things. We then explored the town cent...

1 week til xmas eve! By the time we had packed everything up this morning my ears were ringing and I was finding it hard to hear because of the noise that the bugs were making! They seemed to be especially high pitched and very annoying! We went and looked at the beach and at the creek but the photos never seem to do places justice! The creek was clear and very tempting to swim in! From the campsite we went into Coffs Harbour. We walked around the harbour and a...

We packed up our stuff and reluctantly left the very nice campsite that even had a bath!! We went into Lenox head and had a beach morning on the 7mile beach. We have noticed a difference in the beaches as we have come further south, white sand beaches are more regular here and they are often clear of the debris from the sea. We then went across to Lake Ainsworth which was beautiful and you were able to swim in it. The water was very clear again and surrounded by ...

First thing we went to find the Gabba where cricket is played and also where the Brisbane Lions play aussie rules! Marks brother Rory supports them so we went to visit for him! We had a few more sights that we wanted to visit, first being parliament house which is apparantly the only parliament house still used for its orginial purpose and then over the road were the terrace mansions which were built in the 1890's. From there we went up to the Mt Coot-Tha looko...