We expect to be in Sydney next week, and then a couple of weeks later Melbourne in time for Christmas. After a refreshing stay in Melbourne - who knows where? Thanks for reading, stay tuned for more news. Feel free to post us a comment too.
Rob, Clare and Olive.

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With some more rain overnight we were happy to pack up camp and move on. We headed out of the National Park, stopping briefly at some giant sand dunes, then through the tiny river side towns of Hawks Nest and Tea Gardens (a delightful name for a town). From the latter we spontaneously jumped an […]

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It was a restless night due to the heat and the mossies that would not stop buzzing around our heads. Clare found a mobile phone next to our campsite, left by a weird lady seen lying next to our van late in the evening. We haven’t worked that one out yet, as she picked up […]

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We took a short walk around the main street of Forster, and then drove south along the coast following the edge of the Myall Lakes. We had lunch by the river back at a little town on the way called Bulahdelah, next to the disappointingly small ‘Big Bass’. From there we took a mainly gravel […]

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We departed Diamond Head campground in the rain, and drove back to the Pacific Highway. Our next stop was Taree, where we came to see the Big Oyster. We don’t know what it housed before, but the Oyster is now incorporated into a car dealership, and looks rather peculiar. Another 40 km down the road […]

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Despite the forecast for a rainy day, we woke to sunny blue skies, and decided to stay here another day. We headed off on a two hour hike to Diamond Head and back, which also passed Kylie’s Hut, an old wooden cabin that was used by an author many years ago when she stayed and wrote […]

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From Port Macquarie we drove south along the scenic coastline. Up at the peak of Dooragan Mountain, we had great views up and down the coast. After lunch there, we drove out to Kattang Nature Reserve and hiked the one hour Flower Walk circuit, which afforded coastal views but may have been better in spring […]

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