The train ride from Sydney to the small town of Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains region, only took a couple of hours but the two places couldn’t be more different. Katoomba is a little town that is mainly visited by people who use it as a base to explore the surrounding mountain range. I spent most of my first day exploring the town, trying to decide how I would spend my time in the mountains. There are several companies that offer mountain biking, rock clim...

Spent most of the morning waiting around because my bus was late…again. When it eventually turned up the bus ride went rather quickly. We even drove over the Harbour Bridge on our way into the city. My first Sydney experience. I managed to find my hostel, more by luck than anything else. It certainly wasn’t the map I had, which was totally useless. My hostel here is a converted mansion that has been painted a bright shade of pink. “The Pink Hou...

I did manage to drag myself out of bed but naturally my bus was late. I could have stayed in bed for another hour if I'd known! I got to Newcastle at about 10:30, got checked in and then went for a wander. I only got as far at the beach, about 100m from my hostel, because there was an "Iron-Man" triathlon competition taking place. I have only ever heard of the main tirathlon but over here there is a league and the athletes tour the country comp...

I had the morning in Coffs Harbour so I had planned to go walking around the National Park but the weather had other ideas. It was a dully, cloudy morning with heavy rain, again, for most of it. So instead I spent the morning watching the cricket, possibly more depressing than the weather. My bus out of Coffs was late, as is becoming the norm. This meant that by the time I got to Port Macquarie and checked in there wasn't really time to do much more than have...

Ended up spending longer in Byron Bay than I thought. Mu bus was over an hour late and when it finally arrived we made slow progress down the freeway. We eventually reached Coffs Harbour over two hours late meaning by the time I got to my hostel the vast majority of he day was gone.Coffs Harbour itself seems like a nice place but didn't really get to see much of it.I booked myself on to a white water rafting trip for the next day. It's something that I...