New Year in Sydney Monday 29th December 2008 – Saturday 3rd January 2009 We left the campsite pretty handy on Monday 29th December and posted a parcel back to Melbourne before dropping Corinne off at the airport and Wolfie dropped the van off at the hire place. Our road trip was at an end some 8500km (6500miles) later. A short flight later and we arrived in Sydney we procured a vehicle in the form of a taxi to take us to our hostel in downtown Sydney. We soon...

Byron Bay Tuesday 2nd December to Tuesday 9th December (This portion of the trip was all about R&R chilling out in old Byron Bay which used to be on so-called hippy trail of the 60-70’s) We arrived in Byron Bay early evening passing the xmas tree with peace sign decorations, the streets full of travelers and schoolies (term for Australia school leavers who celebrate by going on holiday and getting pissed). After checking out the beach and surf we book...

Myall Lakes to Byron Bay Saturday 29th November to Tuesday 2nd December Myall Lakes On Saturday 29th we arrived in a little known part of Australia called Tea Gardens in the Myall Lakes national park. It was a picturesque little town situated on the banks of a tidal river and lake system frequented by bottle nose dolphins. The morning and afternoon were pretty miserable with the rain we did however find another wild koala in a nearby reserve. We were in the ...

Sydney Part one Wednesday 26th November – Friday 28th November We arrived at the campsite and booked in the staff included a parrot from India on a working holiday visa. We hired a movie and after some dinner chilled out in the van. The next day on Thursday 27th November we left the campsite and drove into Sydney took us about 45 minutes to find a parking space that would fit the van as most were underground. We left the van for a few hours and went for wal...

Eden to Manly Friday 21st November to Wednesday 26th November Coastal New South Wales Once we arrived in Eden on the southern coast of New South Wales it started raining and really came down, luckily we had just gotten of the beach before it had started and safely in the camp kitchen cooking dinner. Corinne woke on Saturday the 22nd November in a foul mood because of the weather, she had hoped the entire time we were going to be away from Melbourne it wo...