After brekky we went to the Cape Hawke lookout just down the road in Forster. It was a bit of a walk to the viewing platform but well worth the effort as there was a fantastic panoramic view of the area. We could see the ocean, the lakes and the hills. After this we went to Bunnings (think B&Q) to treat ourselves to some new light bulbs for the camper. It gets dark here at about six now and our bulbs were useless. We've had to cook by torch light. We also wen...

It had rained overnight and was a bit murky first thing. We got up early and left the camp site before any happy clappy music blasted out and disturbed the lovely peaceful sound of nature. We drove to a place called Seal Rocks where we had breakfast. There was a bit of a dirt road to get there but this was a lovely little place right on the coast and it was our first view of the sea and the Pacific Ocean since we were on Bondi Beach about two weeks ago. It was gr...

We had a lovely and peaceful night and when we woke up at 6am we were completely amazed to find that a caravan had set up right beside us in the middle of the night. It must have been like a stealth operation on their part as we hadn't heard a thing. What amazes me is why when there is so much free space on the camp site they rock up right next to us. I just don't understand it. I've noticed on this trip that sheep like to be with other sheep. Problem is we're no...

As we didn't fancy eating breakfast to a Chas 'n' Dave soundtrack we relocated ourselves to the Coles car park for breakfast. After brekky, a rather scary moment, and some more Coles shopping we headed towards the vineyards. Whilst having breakfast two young girls walked through the car park near to us and one of them was screaming like a woman possessed/wild banshee into her mobile phone 'I haaaaaaaaaattttttteeeeee yooooooooooooooooooooooooooou'! Someone had eit...

We were quite sad to be leaving Sydney today but no worries as we might be back here again in about a years time. The traffic was very busy as we left Sydney but it wasn't too long until we were on the freeway heading north and towards the Hunter Valley our destination for the day. The Hunter Valley is one of the biggest wine growing regions in Australia. It was dry when we left Sydney but not too long into the journey we saw ominous looking black cloud ahead. It...