Monday 4th January 2010 Today we had a well deserved lay in and got up and ready by about 11.30am for a full day of hello and goodbyes. First meeting of the day was Daisy and Mark who we had met on the west coast during our western exposure tour and also if you remember we did a road trip with them from Darwin to Alice Springs they are now working in Sydney for the next few months. We all met up in Circular Quay at the ship inn for lunch it was great to see them...

And now for our 12 days of Christmas in Sydney with Mum!!! Tuesday 22nd December 2009, Blue Mountains to Sydney So when we left you last we had just walked up a very large hill in The Blue mountains and then would you believe it we come out of Central station at 3pm in Sydney with the expectation of a nice easy 10 minute walk to our apartment only to discover another enormous hill which we all very begrudgingly then had to walk up!!! Believe me when I say walki...

Sunday 20th December 2009 We left the hostel in Brisbane this morning at 6am the airport shuttle picked us up and drove us around Brisbane for over an hour before taking us to the airport we were not impressed as you can imagine at that time in the morning. The airport was smooth running we got checked in with no problems and the flight left on time so all good. We arrived in Sydney collected our bags and then caught the train to Central and then caught the next...

Wah hey were back in Brisbane!!! Love it!! Thursday 17th December 2009, Brisbane Well after a relatively short flight we were back in Brisbane and eager to show mum why we loved it so much! Firstly though we had to introduce her to the world of backpacking! After a very long wait for the airport shuttle and then a very long drive in and around Brisbane we made it to Brisbane Backpacker Resort. This was a backpackers that mum had found in the Lonely Planet and ...

Port Douglas Tuesday 15th December 2009, Cairns to Port Douglas I left the apartment at about 9am this morning to go and pick up our rental car whilst mum and Caroline continued to get ready and pack. Because we had been forgotten it delayed us getting away but then saying that we weren't on time anyway. After checking out and saying our goodbyes (Caroline and I) we eventually hit the road at about 10:30am. Now the drive between Cairns and Port Douglas only ...