| 9 |
Mission Beach – Airlie Beach |
Bus trip, the continuing adventures of Phil the bus driver |
| 10 |
Airlie Beach Dingo |
Phil gets arrested, stay on Cattle farm at Dingo |
| 11 |
Dingo – Bargara |
Back on the road with a new driver, spectacular lunar eclipse |
| 12 |
Bargara – Noosa |
Hired bikes for the evening in Noosa |
| 13 |
Noosa – Brisbane |
Met Cat & Luke, David’s friends, Theatre Sports |
| 14 |
Brisbane – Nimbin |
Tour of Nimbin, permiculture centre, solar power plant |
| 15 |
Nimbin – Bellingen |
Cinema in converted butter factory |
| 16 |
Bellingen → Nundle |
Sheep farm. Evening entertainment and sheep sheering demo. |
| 17 |
Nundle – Sydney |
Nothing much |
| 18 |
Sydney |
Met Deirdre & Geoff, my relatives, visited Palm Beach (set of Home and Away) and the Sydney IMAX |
| 19 |
Sydney |
Taronga Zoo |
| 20 |
Sydney |
Powerhouse Museum, Skytour, Dinner in AMP Tower (revolving restaurant) |
| 21 |
Sydney |
Boat tour of harbour, tour of opera house |
| 22 |
Sydney |
Aquarium |
| 23 |
Sydney |
Blue Mountains |
| 24 |
Sydney |
Stayed in with Deirdre and Claire, went Bushwalking |
| 25 |
Sydney |
National Maritime Museum |
| 26 |
In Transit |
Climbed the Harbour Bridge, boarded the Indian pacific Train |
| 27 |
In Transit |
Toured Broken Hill, brief stop in Adeliade |
| 28 |
In Transit |
Tour of Kalgoorlie, brief stop in Cook |
| 29 |
Perth |
King’s Park with Lotta, (J+D went to Freemantle) |
| 30 |
Perth |
Tour of Pinnacles and sand dunes, sandboarding |
| 31 |
Perth – Ayers Rock |
Base tour of Ayers Rock |
| 32 |
Ayers Rock |
Climbed Ayers Rock (J+D went to Olgas as well) |
| 33 |
Ayers Rock – King’s Canyon – Alice Springs |
Tour of King’s Canyon, finish day in Alice |
| 34 |
Alice Springs |
Old Telegraph Station, rock climbing |
| 35 |
Alice Springs |
Old Gahn Train Museum, Road Transport Hall of Fame |
| 36 |
Alice Springs – Darwin |
Hot air balloon over Alice, street market in Darwin |
| 37 |
Darwin |
Aviation Museum (J hired buggy, D hired bike) |
| 38 |
Darwin |
Meet Veronica, Parap street market, David tattoo and skydive |
| 39 |
Kakadu National Park |
Rock art, boat safari |
| 40 |
Kakadu National Park |
Waterfalls, swimming in Twin Falls gorge |
| 41 |
Darwin – Singapore |
Cinema in Darwin, fly to Singapore |
| 42 |
Singapore – London |
Fly from Singapore to London |