(Matt) My first experience of Australia was when, with great excitement, Steve, my then four year old brother, rushed over to me with a rock he'd found while digging in the garden 'Matt, Matt, I've found Australia!'. Someone had told him 'if you keep digging you'll reach Australia'and he took it literally, fair dinkum! So how does a big rock in our garden compare to the real thing? After visiting Melbourne and Sydney we continued up the east coast and visited: Port Macquarie, Byron Bay, Cairns and Brisbane. We knew we were getting away from the big smoke when the number of muscle tops, beer bellies and mullets increased. We also saw more galahs, drongos and those with a 'kangeroo loose in the top paddock'. We were really lucky to discover early on the joys of
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