We force fed Jacob, our German bike rider, one final breakfast then bid him farewell and headed off towards the Murray river. Watching the Snowy River Scheme turbines on the way out we were reminded how amazing the Snowy River Scheme really is. With over 100,000 people working on it, including my Uncle Klaus and Fi's Great Uncle Ray, it was a huge engineering feat that took 25 years to complete and provides enough free renewable energy to power Sydney, Melbourn...

Feeling back into the groove of the camping after Boyd we spent the 2 hours drive from Katoomba to Canberra Ooing and Ahhing at the scenery as we wound our way through the low-lands behind the Blue Mountains. We stopped in at a town for a pie and sauce where the boys and I got our photo taken next to a giant ram. It was very lifelike but the artist must have run out of fiber glass as he only had one "ginormous" testicle which the boys found very amusing and we ...

Having arranged to spend the weekend camping with Tareq, Ali and their two kids, Zai and Mya we made our way to Catai National Park on the Hawkesbury River. The place was pretty nice, but only 60 kms from Sydney so we weren't expecting it to be too quiet. That was true when we got there but we found a big undercroft to put our tents next to and took to staring down cars as they arrived after us, slowing down looking like they wanted to usurp our place. As seas...

With the weather continuing to be unseasonably wet, we travelled South to my Uncle's place. We'd normally tell you where it is but given it was so special and he jokingly asked us to keep the location secret, we decided to honour his word. When we got there we understood why. Nestled in the bush, off a quiet road and 5 minutes from a number of deserted surf beaches, my Uncle Rob and Aunty Sharon had built themselves such a beautiful home, we were quietly taken...

Two days in Tin Can Bay to clean the car, wash all the clothes, sheets and generally take a breather was welcomed after Fraser Island. We took the boys to a dolphin viewing and feeding expedition at the Tin Can Bay Dolphin sanctuary where we paid a couple of bucks and they got to feed a single fish to some friendly dolphins that hang out at the same spot each morning at 7:30am. The line was long and the clientele varied with the best example being the entire fa...