Ever heard of a place called Katoomba? Nor had we, but it is the main town in the Blue Mountains where we headed for a two day trip to the famous national park. Now, I know you are desperate to know why they are called the 'Blue' mountains, so let me tell you right off. It is nothing to do with the colour of the stone or anything at all to do with sale of adult material but mostly because the mountains appear blue due to the refraction of sunlight through the o...

Hello from Sydney! After a swift but sad farewell to Nemo we jumped onto a plane to Sydney arriving late at night. The next day slightly refreshed we decided to take our own self-guided historical tour of Sydney. We headed to Circular Quay home to the world famous Sydney opera house and harbour bridge. However when we got there it was cool, cloudy and raining - can you believe it! (Well we couldn't anyway). We started off in an area known as the Rocks, where the...