So we'll start where we left off last time - Huskisson. We ended up staying for two nights and I've a feeling we will return. The second day we drove around the area, taking in fabulous Hyams beach which has the whitest sand I've ever seen, it will come as no surprise that we lazed about by the beach for a little bit before heading to the beach cafe. We had a drive around some of the suburbs which surround Jervis Bay, like Vincentia and marveled at the spectacular houses at the same time wondering as Lloyd Grossman so often did "who lives in a house like this". We came to the conclusion that these were the homes of international insurance brokers and look forward to holidaying here when one in particular purchases his holiday shack:)

Later that day I convinced Iain to drive around the bay to Callala beach, it became apparent at this point (sadly not for the first time) that if James Cook had me as his navigator during his epic trip, things could have been very different, and I don't think we'd be talking about James Cook today!

That said we eventually arrived at the least impressive beach that we've seen during our trip, after taking the best part of 40 mins to get there and unbelievably with Iain navigating, the return trip only took us ten minutes!

However as I pointed out to Iain the beauty of my detour meant that we stumbled across renown paperbark camp, have a look at their site, www.paperbarkcamp.com.au - that is my kind of camping and luckily for me, they have a restaurant high in the treetops that we booked into for dinner, the food was absolutely sensational, it was almost as good as my dad's tuna macoroni bake and that is high praise indeed.

The following morning we had a leisurely camp breakfast and a chat with our neighbors, a couple who have taken a sabbatical and are traveling Australia for a year with their three children.

We left Huskisson for a place called Kiama about an hour north, another place that i'd read about in the Australian Traveler magazine. Kiama was great, once again rugged clifftops, rolling hills, a couple of good beaches and nice main street. The waves were particularly good at the aptly named surf beach which our caravan site overlooked and when we have more room in the car, I think Iain will be purchasing a body board.

As some of you Facebook users may already know (as Iain has avidly being checking us in online) we spent a couple of lovely hours in the Kiama hotel on Tuesday after visiting the the Kiama blowhole. We would definitely go back to Kiama.

The following day, we left for Sydney, calling in at Wollongong on the way. Wollongong was an industrial town and I thought it was pretty similar to Geelong, good to see but unlikely we'd return.

We arrived in Sydney Wednesday afternoon to our harbourside apartments at mcmahons point - a welcome break from the tent and our base for the last two nights.

Wednesday we headed over to Kensington near Randwick racecourse to meet up with Danny, Sully and his wife and their new baby girl. It was great to catch up, however it was not so great navigating the Harbour bridge and toll roads:)

Yesterday we got the ferry across to Balmain which we absolutely loved, it's a very cool and cosmopolitan suburb with gorgeous character homes, laid back but close to the CBD, with shops and restaurants aplenty and because it's quite hilly, views from almost every angle.

Last night, we just chilled out in the apartment whilst soaking up the views of the Harbour bridge and opera house.

This morning, we checked out and ventured to the future home of the Hooper/Harding household - Mosman and Balmoral beach and it definitely has the Tweedly seal of approval.

We've continued onto Palm beach and as I type, I'm in the barrenjoey boatshed taking in the views of summer bay. Tonight we're heading to the central coast and I'll let you know all about it in a couple of days...

Xxx

Ps - Lesley, we're very impressed with you're technical skills and hope you had a cracking birthday xxx