Ok, so now we had the van and we were truckin’. What a feeling….wind in your hair… moaning in your ears. We had just 7 days to get to Brisbane in order to meet Duncan and Lisa at the airport. That was nearly 1000km to cover, but to try and enjoying exploring the coastline too. We left Penrith on Monday afternoon stopping for supplies at Woolworths - yes, it’s kind of like Asda over here, only the bread is not as good and everything is the same price or more expensive than home. Oh, and of course, they don’t sell alcohol in supermarkets, you have to go to a separate ‘bottle shop’ or ‘liquor store’ - how inconvenient? Anyway all loaded with supplies, we aimed for the North Sydney beaches that have surfing folklore attached. On
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