East Coast Our experiences of NSW in a nutshell: beaches, drinking, sea, drinking, more beaches, more drinking. We've just had the most chilled and relaxed few weeks ever! Starting in Newcastle, we have slowly made our way up the coast to Queensland. We've visited Newcastle, Port MacQuarie, Coffs Harbour, Lennox Head and Byron Bay, spending between 2 nights to a full week in each place. In Port MacQuarie we stayed in an amazing hostel called PM Backpa...

A Warm Welcome We arrived at Sydney airport and after a tent peg inspection from the quarantine guys were let into Australia! It was very different to actually be met by people at the airport, these people being our Aunty Susan and younger cousins, Christopher and Amelia. We soon settled in to their house in Mount Kuring-Gai which is right on the edge of Mt Kuring-Gai National Park. We had a very jolly Christmas, very similar to home but in an Aussie kind of wa...