ENG, me, FG I was sooo excited to meet in real life a couple of my Vox friends! Empress Nasi Goreng and Frumpy Gibbon met us for beers at the Courthouse Hotel on Australia St, and then they joined us for dinner at a little Thai restaurant…
Australia St – web We stayed for two nights in Newtown, Sydney, at the Australia St Guest House. We again chose a room that had an extra bed, this time in a sort of suite arrangement. With the extra room it was A$160, which isn't bad for a major city. This is an older house,…
From Smith's Lake, it was about a 2.5 hour drive to Sydney, so not too bad. Our nav system took us right into the city, which seemed very tight with our stupid big car and driving on the left side – it kept feeling to me (as passenger) that we were going to graze the…
Nutri-grain – web When we woke up Thursday morning, the sun was up and the weather looked great! After a breakfast of Nutri-Grain cereal (which was an interesting sort of ladder shape, quite tasty really, and we had it again several more times during our trip), eggs & homefries, and lattes… …
Here are some photos of the beautiful house we had to ourselves for 2 nights on Smith's Lake, a vacation community in the Great Lakes region south of Forster. We only wish the weather had been nicer, so we could've sat out on the gorgeous multi-level deck in the evenings… We arrived at the house in…
After a delicious breakfast of a sausage pie sort of thing, we packed up and headed out. It had been recommended to us by our hostess’ friend that it would be worthwhile to take a detour and see Dorrigo rainforest, up in the mountains not far south of Sawtell, so we decided to do that.…
After another delicious tea (involving really yummy crumb cake), and a little nap, we went out to dinner at a surf-themed tapas bar called Barrels. Barrels – web This is a photo from their website, but we actually sat at that high table on the right, just inside the open-air back patio. It was kind…
Creekside Inn – web Creekside Inn was our home for two nights in Sawtell. It's a very nice B&B with three guest rooms. We had reserved the Garden Room, which was a little more money because it had an extra bed for Alex; still better than having to get two rooms, and still not bad…
Bongil Bongil After a little rest at the B&B, we took a (rainy) walk through the nearby Bongil Bongil National Park. The trail we were on was about 2.5 km to Bonville Creek, which we then walked along a little way, and then walked back. As Alex pointed out, if it weren't so rainy, we…
Sunny Sawtell … not so much. Here are some photos from our rainy, windy, chilly walk from the Sawtell headland, up the beach, to the lookout, and along the cliffside pathway. Sawtell headland Don't get me wrong, we could see it's a very pretty area, and it was beautiful in a…
Where have the days gone? 