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Byron Bay was the next and final stop on our “Tour de Plages” up the New South Wales Coast. more…

From Newcastle we continued north on our “Tour de Plages” up the New South Wales coast. more…

Our train rides from Katoomba to Newcastle were uneventful, and we hopped a bus from Broadmeadow Station to the centre of town where we were staying. more…

When we asked our Australian friends where we should go during our visit, pretty much all of them suggested Katoomba and the Blue Mountains – although a few of them said that if we were visiting New Zealand later that would make the Blue Mountains look like nothing. more…

Canberra has a reputation for being “Australia’s boring city”, perhaps by virtue of the fact that it’s both fully planned and the nation’s capital. more…

This entry is part 2 of 2 about our time in Sydney. more…

From Wollongong, our next stop was Sydney, where we would be spending Christmas and New Years with Karen’s cousin Liz. more…

After Wagga Wagga, the obvious next place to go was Wollongong, since it also starts with a ‘W’. more…

Our Australian friends all seem to ask the same question: “Why the heck would you want to go to Wagga Wagga? more…

We had expected to disembark the Queen Elizabeth late in the morning, but the Australian Border Force had other ideas. more…