Day 23: Rain! We tried to pretend we couldn't hear it, but there was no mistaking the thud of rain on the van roof when we woke. Yesterday's sunshine was gone, but thankfully the temperature had also dropped a little. We set off for a walk into the bush regardless. Setting off from a few kms back down the gravel road from Newnes we were heading uphill following a long disused railway line to a tunnel through the sandstone cliffs which are now the home to glow...

Day 22: We left camp early and headed back up the gravel road then turned down a steep road into Jenolan Caves. Having being so close to the biggest caves in Australia we thought we should pay them a visit, despite having already done one cave tour on this holiday. We visited the River Cave which was very impressive, both in terms of scale and features. In some ways the size took some of the beauty away when compared to Buchan which revealed its features through ...

Day 21: after a leisurely pancake breakfast at our site we headed off for a leisurely stroll. We took in a short cave which lead into a narrow canyon, then a small waterfall. Wombeyon has a lot to offer, but we were moving on again. Heading north we drove along nearly deserted roads through pleasant countryside with green hills and farmsteads. Arriving in Oberon for lunch. A pie and coffee were purchased for lunch, and an amazing looking (and tasting) Rhubarb a...

Day 20: Setting off for a drive through visit to Canberra this morning, Gareth decided to head in completely the wrong direction out of the campsite. After working our way through herds of roo's the error became clear when the road ended in a car park. We had mistakenly arrived at Orroral Space Centre, a now abandoned satellite and space shuttle monitoring station. This was one of several stations around Australia that NASA used to monitor satellites through the...

Day 17: Today we walked up a mountain. After a night of torrential rain we were pleased that when we woke we could no longer hear the drumming of the rain on the roof of the van, and that there was blue sky outside. There was still a chill in the air, even in summer the temperature here is rarely far into double figures because of the altitude. Heading straight off we commenced our ascent of Mt Kosciuszko at Charlotte Pass. The road took us to 1835m, so we di...