Days 88 and 89 We woke up to rain and dark clouds in Brisbane. Our plan was to stop off at Bryron bay and Coffs harbour on the way to Port Macquarie where we'd be staying two nights. It was only a couple of hours to Byron bay but when we arrived the rain was hammering down. Although we could tell that the bay was a nice beach, no beach looks inviting in the rain and as it didn't look like stopping we continued on our road trip. Coffs Harbour was a similar situat...

Days 86 and 87 We had a really early flight from Cairns to Brisbane and as we only had two days there we didn't have time to rest. We arrived around 8am and picked up our hire car before deciding to head to Australia zoo for the day as the weather was good. Mum and Helena were excited about seeing thier first Kangaroos and Koala Bears, and Jamie was looking forward to seeing Steve Irwin's legacy. Helena was also looking forward to seeing a Tasmanian Devil as u...

Days 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85 (Michelle) Our flight to Cairns stopped at Sydney where we were meeting up with Mum, Dad and Helena. I knew Mum would be eagerly awaiting our arrival, and it was great to see them all once we had finally found them in the airport. Below I have just added a bit that Helena wanted me to put on the blog from their journey. (Helena) After the mad rush of getting in from work and leaving for Oz, we were finally on our way to t...

Day 75, 76, 77 and 78 (Jamie) After such a great trip on the GOR we wondered if anything else around Melbourne could compete, luckily Melbourne is probably the best city we've been to on the whole trip. The best way to describe it, is as 'finished'. There was no building work; road works, derilict flats or messy scrub land. The tram system that runs around the city eliminates the need for too many noisy busses and also runs a free tourist service. We made our...

Day 75, 76, 77 and 78 (Jamie) After such a great trip on the GOR we wondered if anything else around Melbourne could compete, luckily Melbourne is probably the best city we've been to on the whole trip. The best way to describe it, is as 'finished'. There was no building work; road works, derilict flats or messy scrub land. The tram system that runs around the city eliminates the need for too many noisy busses and also runs a free tourist service. We made our...