Visited the cop shop in orange. Went through the holding cells and stuff on the station tour then a ride in the back of a cop car for coffee! Nichol fed the rosella chocolate coz he is mong and threw it all on the floor!! A wander through the nettle cave and a martini at the bar before the murder in the caves! It was a little boring ... Well the acting wasn't fab and I never actually worked out who did it, it was a little unclear. Back to caves house for a lot of...

Went to town and had a coffee which had this cool 3 layer thing going, then onto dodgy mate to get the air con. Re-gases, bargain for $30, also found the leak! Stopped in a rest stop to find the best way to parkes and orange. Went through narromine which is quite a big town. Just back a bit saw a train being filled with rain or something. Getting more agricultural now, no more mining. Stopped to check the car coz nichol said it felt weird. Lowish on oil, fix in p...

Two states today. It was windy in broken hill!!! Heading through broken hill today. Looked for an air con. Dude, went to 4 places and no dice so looks like we'll be hot. Started to head to the mint but then realised that it was just a jewlery store... Boo! Then to this retro 50s time warp cafe on the south side of the mine which was pretty cool but their museum was lame. Also took a major wrong turn on the way... Gay tourist map, it was a T junction b****es!!! A...

Got ready, dropped George off at nanny's and had lunch with mum and dad before driving as far as we could. Stopped in forest hills near wagga the first night.

Started the day with a book and a swim at rainbow beach before hitting the road home at 11:30ish. So much road work! Heatherbea's pies at hexham for lunch... Not bad, looks like we might be hitting the traffic to Sydney, fingers crossed!! Back in Sydney without too many cars about, gotta get stuck into the washing and pop round to mum and dad's to get the TiVo! Yay!!