Wow - what an amazing couple of days! We've been trippin' around in our campervan - what a wonderful way to see Australia! It's been a bit whacky getting used to driving on the right side of the car and left side of the road - but sleeping, eating, and motoring around in our "lil' Britz" has been awesome and a lot of fun! We headed north to Byron Bay and stopped along the way in Evan's Head, an off the beaten path beach town. This is where we met Nora and Julie, awesome ladies, who took us the next day [View Full Entry]

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We love Sydney!! We have arrived safe and sound and got start to work seeing the city. It didn't take long to realize - we LOVE Sydney. It reminds us a lot of San Francisco and Seattle. We are staying in a great part of town called Glebe with a super cool girl named Rowena who has been more than hospitable. We checked out the Opera House, did the Sydney Tower for 360 breathtaking views of the city, and did the Aquarium where we really enjoyed seeing the manta rays, platypus, seals, and sea turtle (just amazing creatures). Our favorite thing [View Full Entry]

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Sitting in San Francisco, backpack stuffed, and ready to go. I've been super hyper all morning - I can't believe we're leaving in a few hours for Sydney! This is very surreal . . . of course the 20 hrs on the plane should help in a sedation/reality check. . . . I've had that Men at Work song in my head all morning! "Do you come from a land down under . . .can you hear, can you hear the thunder, you better run, you better take cover . . ." Oh and also, we've decided that the theme of [View Full Entry]

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