From the Hunter Valley we travelled on the outskirts of Sydney to the Blue Mountains. We stayed for one night in a little town called Katoomba, which is where the main sights of the Blue Mountains are viewed from. At the very nearby "Scenic World" (well thought of name I know!) we rode the Skyway, which is basically a tin box hanging from a cable slowly taking you over the valley at 800 feet...oh yeh and if that wasn't enough, it had a glass floor! The ...

While we were living in Sydney we never got the chance to visit the Hunter Valley and with me working with and learning about so many wines from this region i didn't want to go without seeing it all. We arrived on the evening after a bit of a drive from Port Maquarie so we didn't get chance to do much except a bit of reading about all the vineyards. The next morning we set off early to drive round the valley. I had decided not to do a scheduled tour as we were sh...

Just the one night in Port Macquarie which is another popular holiday resort for many Aussie families, but like most places on the coast it is much the same as the previous town with a nice little beach and plenty of surf shops offering surf board rentals. Before we left town we went for a 20 minute ride on the back of a camal down a white sandy beach, not something you do everyday, so it had to be done! It was good fun and the guide who told us some interesting ...

Before we left Byron Bay we took a visit to the famous Byron Bay lighthouse. Apart from looking amazing the lookout point close to the lighthouse is the most easterly point of mainland Australia, which is quite fitting considering we are travelling the east coast! The drive to Coffs has to be my worst yet...I did not enjoy it at all! The sun and heat was intense and every five minutes we had to slow down while the Pacific Highway cut straight through a small one ...

From Cooloangatta we headed to a new state, New South Wales. Before we left we got the chance to visit the point where the two states crossed just to say we had been in both states at the same time! We then went on to Byron Bay, a place that we had heard and read alot about. From our first look we weren't disappointed, Byron is a small town that is full of character and charm and very laid back. We had read that the locals have tried to keep it this way by opposi...