Our last morning in Byron Bay started slowly on account of the beers consumed the night before, but by midday we were on the road to Brisbane where we were meeting our friends Mike and Bex. We had originally met them in the Blue Mountains before Christmas, and seen them a few times since, but [...]
When the tourists came in droves to Byron Bay, the hippies had to find a new place to hang out which still had the charm and character of a tiny peaceful community. And that was how Nimbin had been sold to us. Even before we arrived though, I began to wonder how charming and tranquil [...]
Eager to get on up the coast, we left Billengen after a slow morning in one of the town’s cafés and a bit of browsing around the few shops in the high street. It was Monday morning and the town was a completely different place after the weekend of parties and crowds. But keen to [...]
The journey northwards from Dungog took us through more beautiful mountainous country and then past stunning coves and beaches as we started heading up the coast. We stayed in a caravan park at Nambucca Heads where we took full advantage of the bouncy-castle and urgently required washing facilities, and took in some amazing sites of [...]
Our plans upon leaving Katoomba were simply to go North. Find some sun, and get back on the road. Our first day of driving brought us to a town a couple of hours north of Sydney called Newcastle, where we spent the night with Rai, a friend we met in Freo on the opposite side [...]
The Sunday before we were due to leave Sydney it occurred to me that I was living my last Sunday in the city and from the moment of that realization I knew that my week would be filled with mixed emotions. There wasn’t the faintest element of sadness when I had to walk in to [...]
I have one more day on my contract in Sydney and then I’m off again. 7 weeks meandering up the East coast. I’m hoping to make it as far north as Cairnes (though if I get that far I probably won’t chose to spend my time in the city and will push on a bit [...]
Wow. It has been a long time since I’ve been able to find the few minutes required to write an entry for my blog and actually been in a frame of mind where my thoughts can spill out onto the screen in a coherent and cogent fashion. But now, as I stare at the progress [...]
Shortly after New Year’s Eve – as shortly afterwards as our over-indulgence would allow, in fact – we headed over to Tasmania for what we expect to be a month. Nearly one-week in, my head is swimming with new experiences vastly different from those I had experienced anywhere else in Australia – but this is [...]
Our adventures over West finished, our plans were to return to the Blue Mountains for Christmas. We were a little earlier than we had intended to be, but were looking forward to seeing the Flying Fox again and getting back into our tent overlooking the beautiful valley below. We had a prime position when we [...]
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