Tim and Mari’s World Tour #6

Oz Update

So it has been about 10 days since we have been in Australia, and things are going well.  After buying our blue Ford Falcon, we have been living like gypsies, exploring the open road, and sleeping in our car.  First off, we went to the Blue Mountains, just outside of Sydney.  We spent three days here checking out the amazing hiking, doing a bit of rock climbing and caving and just general exploration.

We wanted to make sure our car ran well before embarking on our 17,000 km journey.  I am happy to say that it does indeed run well, and we are very happy with our decision.  We have then been driving up the coast, heading north towards Brisbane.  We are currently in the north of New South Wales, have just spent the day learning to surf.  It was truly cool, and both of us were able to stand and ride small waves on our first day.  Other highlights included visiting a nude beach (yes, I went completely in the buff, although this will probably not shock anyone).

The kookaburras have been plentiful, and extremely loud.  So loud in fact, that the first night in our car, Mari woke me up to tell me that we were being invaded by loud screaming monkeys.

The weather has also been treating us well.  It has been sunny, sunny, and very hot.  NO MORE RAIN.  And to put everyone’s minds at ease, the big cyclone that hit here, was on the other side of the country.

Well, we have to go relax some more.  The beer here is excellent, and the selections of bitters will make all our beer buddies jealous.  Hope everyone’s Christmas plans are going well, we have a pinecone to decorate.

PS – thanks everyone for the e-mails, they really make our day when we check and find out that people are happy about following our trip.