We arrived in Byron bay at 9pm at night and set up our tent in the dark before going for a wander round campsite to see what was around. We stayed at the arts factory which is a really big hostel and campsite with loads going on! It could be described as a bit of a hippy hangout but it was busy for this time of year and we met loads of other travellers. We had an early night in preparation for Ross' birthday when we had a lazy day at the beach and wandered r...

We stopped off in Port Macquarie as we had heard it was a good place to see Koalas. The area around this small town is full of Eucalyptus trees so there are loads in the local area. We hired a couple of mountain bikes and went for a cycle about the local area and saw all the sights including the Koala hospital where we saw injured koalas being fed and looked after. There wasnt much else in port macquarie as its a bit of a retirement town so we caught th...

We decided to go off from the usual traveller stops and went to a place called One Mile beach in Port Stephens. The place we sayed at was gorgeous and really quiet. The beach was 2 minutes walk from our campsite and it was deserted apart from some surfers. There were a few things for us to do here so we decided to stay for 5 days. On out first day we wnet Humpback whale watching just off the coast. We saw 7 of these huge creatures including 2, 15 metre whale...

Well, we finally finished working and said goodbye to Sydney!! Was pretty strange getting packed up again but its been good visiting new places again. Our first stop At Newcastle was only a couple of hours away from Sydney but it was far enough for our first couple of nights. Our main reason for stopping here was the tours that they run to the hunter valley winerys and it was definately worth the journey. We headed off at 9 in the moring and tour around 5 di...

Our last instalment from Sydney is a bit longer than the others because we didnt keep it up to date. Its much harder to do this when your working 10 hours a day. We spent the last month or so seeing all the bits of Sydney that we haldnt managed to see. Including the Rocks which is the oldest part of Sydney and it has some nice pubs and shops as well as the contempory museum of art. We also walked over the harbour bridge and went to the blue mountains wh...