Cairns to Sydney – 16 Day Tour (Days 13 to 16) Lovely New South Wales Day 13: Byron Bay Today was a great day. I woke at 5am and was taken by bus to the lighthouse that overlooked Byron Bay. At 5am, it was quite dark, but by 7am, the sun had risen and the blue/turquoise ocean was glistening. Pia and I sat and ate breakfast by the beach, indulging in patisseries and fresh juice. At 8am we were picked up for our surf lesson. In a typical east coast manner, th...

Cairns to Sydney – 16 Day Tour (Days 7 to 12) And so the tour continued…Day 7: Airlie Beach to Kroombit Cattle Station Today, I once again enjoyed what Australia had to offer, in particular the east coast. It was a day for driving, a fair distance from Airlie Beach to Kroombit, however, a 10.30pm stop to play Lawn Bowls made it fun. I have not played Lawn Bowls before and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I learned that the balls are unevenly distributed in w...

Cairns to Sydney – 16 Day Tour (Days 1 to 6) After a relaxing few days in Cairns, I jumped on the Adventure Tours Australia (ATA) bus. The drive from Cairns to Sydney took 16 days, arriving in Sydney on the 23rd December – just in time for Christmas! Day 1: Cairns to Mission Beach The company ATA had recently merged with another company called Oz Experience, previously know as the big green ‘party’ bus. Today, the bus catered for around 20...

Bowen - Queensland So, Fruit Picking! At 12.00 midnight on the 12 November, Jess and I embarked on our next venture - to head to Bowen, 600km south of Cairns to raise some cash for the Christmas and New Years festivities we would be having in Sydney. We arrived in Bowen at around 10.30am, tired but excited about our new adventure. We were not going to catch the bus to Earnies tomatoes place until 2.30pm, so we decided to have a nose around the town before we did ...

Cairns, Cape Tribulation and The Great Barrier Reef Time for a Job! (after some tours of North Queensland course!) The intial plan was to head down the coast from Cairns to Sydney and along the way we would get work to fund our travels. However, since finding a tour that will take us from Syndey to Cairns over 16 days, Jess and I decided that we could spare 3 weeks to work in Cairns, before getting to Sydney just in time for Christmas. The plan was flawl...