3rd August - The traffic was hell this morning because of the festival. Byron was over flowing with people! We left Ryan in the traffic jam and headed for Subway. Once we had eaten we came out and Ryan had moved about 3 meters in his bat mobile.. oh dear.. We began the steep walk up to the Lighthouse, it took us a while! It was very pretty, Lucy took hundreds of photos of it from all different angles. I walked the path to the most easterly point of Aussie main land, where I spotted some whales swimming by. Awh.. [View Full Entry]

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2nd August - Go Canada! Me and Lucy cooked pancakes for breakfast for the rest of the house, which we had with 100% Canadian Maple Syrup, wheyy! Go Canada! Ryan was heading over to the festival at lunchtime so was going to drop us of in Byron at the same time, on the way we took a detour and he showed us the view point in Lennox Head on top of a mountain. The view was unbelievable! We sat on the beach in Byron and listened to a local band play nearby. They were very talented! We did some sunbathing [View Full Entry]

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1st August - Beautiful Ballina We got the greyhound to Byron Bay, where we walked around before phoning Ryan. The lovely Canadian guy who we had met in Cairns a few weeks ago who had offered us a place to stay. But..... he wasn't picking up the phone.. Oh dear! We assumed he was at work (he is a primary school teacher!) and killed time on the internet at Tribal Travel and spent our time wandering around Byron. It was the weekend of the huge festival, 'Spendour in The Grass' there, we had tryed to get tickets, but apparently they [View Full Entry]

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Seit dem 06.04.2008 begleitet mich meine Tochter Jennifer. Wir haben uns in Sydney getroffen und Jennifer wird mich nach Cairns bis zum 28.04.2008 begleiten. Die ersten Tage unseres Wiedersehens waren recht stürmisch. Von Blitz, Donner und Sturzbaeche von Wasser ueber Wassereinbrüche im Wohnmobil wurde alles geboten. Aber wie sagt man: Schlechtes Wetter gibt es nicht, nur unpassende Kleidung. Sitze gerade in Bayron Bay im Cafe und die Sonne ist auch wieder da. Ab morgen geht es nach Bisbane und dann nach Fraser Island. [View Full Entry]

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The humidity takes a bit of getting used to again. Has been hot and sticky all day. Went to Lennox Head for lunch, had a look at the Ballina Golf Club and then went to the Ballina Naval Museum which holds an incredible number of exhibits and information. Are just about to go to the RSL for dinner in the hope that it is cool. [View Full Entry]

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About 180Km trip today. Say evidence of recent flooding on the way. Sunny and hot and feeling a bit humid now that we are back at the coast. This will be our last spot before heading home on Friday. Went for a bit of a drive in the countryside this afternoon to look at a waterfall. [View Full Entry]

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Our next stop was Ballina where we stayed on a caravan park which can only be reached by ferry, all very quaint but in exiting the ramp we managed to shere off the little caps which cover the stabilizing legs of the caravan. Oh well, back to square one where we used wooden blocks to do the same function. From this area we ventured out to visit Byron Bay (on a cold misty day) Lennox Head, Mullumbimby, Lismore and Nimbin. All these places were well worth a mention but Nimbin will always stay in our minds. Some of you may have [View Full Entry]

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The good news is that Jess and I have not..as yet.. resorted to the dark and seedy world of a Gentleman's club..the bad news is that we still do not have jobs..and the prospect of bearing all doesn't seem that bad anymore! Perhaps you are lost..perhaps you don't care..and perhaps you are wondering why the hell my Mum keeps forwarding these things to you!? (Well..beats me..and I apologise if you have been forced to read further than my lame ass attempt at humour )! Last I left you we were in NZ..and specifically Christchurch. A sleepy city...where we were present for [View Full Entry]

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G'day Folks, Remarkable but true, China Eastern Airlines got me all the way to Sydney - no hassles and pretty much on time. No chickens on board either! Food and accommodation on board OK, but not spectacular. Like most things in life, you get what you pay for. Very impressed with the new airport in Shanghai (Pudong). Very post modern architecture. Probably the worlds cheapest duty free (200 Chinese fags - a bargain at US$8 - 4 quid). Arrived early morning in Sydney at about 1100 hours - took bloody ages to get through customs, immigation and environmental. Managed to avoid [View Full Entry]

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Lennox Heads The Greyhound dropped me off at Ballina just before 10 p.m. I rang the hostel to get them to come and collect me - 12 km is too far to walk without 25kg of luggage. I then waited patiently by my luggage next to the bus. Greyhounds have to stop for a 40 minute rest every 4 hours - and when you are on a long journey it is a mix of annoyance because of the extra travel time and relief at staving of DVT. So whilst I sat by the bus and waited all the passengers travelling further [View Full Entry]

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