I arrived in Newcastle early in November - so it has been quite a while since I updated. Sorry about that, but so many people to catch up with, so much crap weather to avoid. Newcastle, New South Wales The journey from Urunga to Newcastle took 6 hours. Apart from suspecting I had DVT by the time we arrived, I always have to laugh at the contrast between the very British placenames and the aboriginal - Urunga to Newcastle! Newcastle is also surrounded by Jesmond, Wallsend, Blackall and the like. Mind you Sydney has a very posh area called Toxteth. Anyway my DVT and I found the YHA. It is a beautiful old building - it used to be a gentlemen's club, then it was a nurses home and now it is a YHA. The lounge
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