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Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom
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Melbourne, Australia
6/7
Skybus to southern cross
30 min walk to flinders backpackers via flinders st
Officeworks to get safety pins for Meg’s trousers
Free tram to queen Victoria market - pulled pork burger for Joe, patatas bravas for Meg
15 min walk to bunjilaka aboriginal cultural centre at Melbourne museum
Free tram to hamer hall
Walked along the south side of the river
Back to the hostel via Woolworths to get pesto pasta and via degraves st
Planning and early night
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Princetown, Australia
7/7
Pick up campervan 10am
Drive to the Great Ocean Road
Urquhart buff lookout
Memorial arch at eastern view
Jump Rock
Teddy’s lookout
Apollo bay
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Phillip Island, Australia
8/7
Secret apostles lookout
Gibson beach
12 apostles viewpoint
Big drive (4.5 hrs) to Phillip island penguin parade
Phillip island park lane campsite
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Wilsons Promontory, Australia
9/7
Koala conservation reserve
Trip to Woolworths Wonthaggi to stock up on food
Drive to the prom - arrived after dark
10/7
Walk to and round Lilly Pilly Circuit - saw a swamp wallaby up close
Tidal river overlook
Saw wallabies and rainbow lorikeets back at camp
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Moe, Australia
Quick photo with the town sign
Joe got a toastie from Teddy’s Toasties
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Mallacoota, Australia
11/7
Brief stop at the prom wildlife walk (didn’t see any wildlife)
Offline map navigation to get to Moe
Teddy’s Toasties at Moe
Big drive to Mallacoota
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Jervis Bay, Australia
12/7
Around 6 hours of driving
Stopped at Long Beach and Woolworths in Batemans Bay
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Sydney, Australia
13/7
Had to refill engine oil before leaving
Stop at hyams beach - very white sands
2.5 hours to Sydney Blu Emu airport car park
Shuttle to domestic terminal, train to hostel
14/7
Morning run for Meg and a walk for Joe over the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Planning/booking things for the week
Walked by the opera house and the botanical gardens round to mrs macquarie’s point
Walked around the rocks
Late lunch - shared gf pizza at caminetto
Couple glasses of Prosecco at the hostel rooftop bar
15/7
Light train and bus to Coogee beach
Bondi to Coogee walk in reverse, stopping for lunch at both Clovelly beach and Bondi beach
Bus back to Sydney opera house
Watched the sun set behind the bridge
Walk to Woolworths and back to the hostel
Planning and dinner
Rooftop bar
16/7
Bridge climb
Darling harbour
Lunch at planar restaurant
Walked back to the hostel
Watched the sunset from the rooftop bar
Badu gili - light show on the opera house
Woolworths
Hot chocolate from manon brasserie
17/7
Blue mountains tour
Sydney zoo
Scenic world
Lunch at landseers of leura
Elysian rock lookout
Govett’s leap lookout
Lincoln’s rock
Ferry back to circular quay from olympic park
18/7
Watched the sunset from the rooftop bar
Taronga zoo
Sat on the steps at manly beach and had ice cream from Anitas
Sunset ferry back to the hostel
Tosca in Sydney opera house
Last view at night from the rooftop bar
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Newcastle, Australia
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Karuah, Australia
19/7
Watched the sunset from the rooftop bar
Walked to the opera house for the last time
Had brunch at the hostel
Train to blu emu to pick up bertha
Drive to Newcastle to see nobby beach and shop at woolies
Get to Karuah
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Port Macquarie, Australia
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Emerald Beach, Australia
20/7
Drive to Port Macquarie
Sea Acres rainforest centre and boardwalk
Harry’s lookout
Koala conservation hospital
Drive to Emerald Beach
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Byron Bay, Australia
21/7
Walked to emerald beach
Drove to woolgalga to get more gas and for a woolies stop
Drove to Byron bay
22/7
Walked to fisherman’s lookout via captain cook lookout and Clarke’s beach
Lunch at the pass cafe
Speed walk to soul surf school for our surf lesson on flat rock beach
On the way to surf, drove through Lennox head and saw Lennox point
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Gold Coast, Australia
23/7
Drove to cape Byron lighthouse
Dolphin kayaking
Lunch at stone and wood brewery - Jasper beer
Drove to gold coast
Dinner at poke poke with Max
24/7
Drove to canyon lookout in springbrook national park
Walked the twin falls circuit and then part of the warrie circuit to see rainbow falls and goomoolahra falls
Drove back to gold coast, drinks (heaps normal half day hazy), dinner and planning at Burleigh Pavilion
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Brisbane, Australia
25/7
Drive over story bridge
Tangalooma resort and snorkelling the wrecks
Drive to Brisbane north holiday stays
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Noosa Heads, Australia
26/7
Drive to glass house mountains
Brunch at the lookout cafe
Drive to buderim forest park and walk to the waterfall, met a couple from Manchester
Drive to Noosa heads
Walked along Hastings street and watched the sunset on the beach
27/7
Planning morning
Everglades boat tour, saw a kingfisher
Watched the kangaroos at the campsite in the evening
28/7
Up early to go to national park
Coastal walk, fairy pools were closed
Walked to Alexandria beach, saw whales and dolphins, crow nicked the tim tams
Forest walk back to Bertha
Drove to laguna lookout
Chilled on Noosa beach for the afternoon
Watched the sunset over the lake at the campsite
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K'gari, Australia
29/7
Up early to get to drop bear HQ in Noosa
Checked in and parked Bertha
Driven to k’gari - car broke down on the way (loose bearing) and we had to get a new one
Lunch at accom
Joe drove along Seventy Five Mile Beach to Lake Wabby
30 min bush walk each way to the lake
Swimming in the lake and boomerang throwing
Joe drove back in the sunset, saw dingos watching the fishermen
Amazing skies at night
30/7
Sunrise over the sea
Maheno shipwreck
Saw a whale carcass which had been attacked by sharks
Champagne pools and Indian head
Police breathalysed the drivers on the way back
Meg did some driving
Lunch at campsite, car wouldn’t start (leaking coolant and faulty starter motor)
Saw a whale skeleton on the drive
Eli creek
Adventurous drive back in high tide with hot/smelly car due to cracked exhaust
Didgeridoo playing
More amazing night skies
31/7
Sunrise again
Lake mackenzie
Wanggoolba creek
Central station
Back to the mainland
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Noosa Heads, Australia
1/8
Watched the kangaroos in the morning
Drove to Agnes waters/1770
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Agnes Water, Australia
2/8
Walked along Agnes water beach
Lunch at barraca, 1770
LARC tour, saw dolphins, sharks, manta rays
Went to bustard bay lookout
Sunset from the harbour
3/8
Huge driving day to airlie beach
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Airlie Beach, Australia
4/8
Ocean rafting whitsunday day tour - hill inlet and Whitehaven beach, snorkelling, swam with manta rays
Second dominos
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Townsville, Australia
5/8
Walked along airlie beach
Breakfast and coffee at Boaty’s
3 hr drive to townsville
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Mission Beach, Australia
6/8
Drove straight to Lacey’s creek day use area
Did a rainforest walk, the end was closed so we had to come back
When Meg went to the loo back at the car park a cassowary appeared and chilled around Bertha for a while
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Cairns, Australia
7/8
Drive to cairns
Stop at hungry jacks
Park up at caravan park, then go out again to a Coles which was right by the hungry jacks we went to earlier
8/8
Self wash Bertha
Pick up maggie :)
Return Bertha :((
Drive to crystal cascades car park
Rock scramble to fairy falls
Walk to crystal cascades, quick swim for Joe, stood on an eel
9/8
Up early for a skydive!!!
Brunch - cold poke bowl then la pizza
Drive to Kuranda skyrail
Skyrail to Barron falls then on to Kuranda
Explore Kuranda and buy gifts
Scenic railway and bus back to car
Drive to port Douglas
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Port Douglas, Australia
10/8
Solar whisper croc tour - crocs, snakes, kingfishers and a frog on the boat
Drove through Daintree village
Quick stop at wonga beach
Awesome Dreamtime tour at mossman gorge
Quick walk in daintree rainforest
Drove back to mad monkey
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Cairns, Australia
10/8
Dinner at Piccolo Cucina
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Greymouth, New Zealand
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Franz Josef / Waiau, New Zealand
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Haast Pass, New Zealand
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Wānaka, New Zealand
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Queenstown, New Zealand
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Te Anau, New Zealand
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Dunedin, New Zealand
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Oamaru, New Zealand
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Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand
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Glentanner, New Zealand
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Heathrow Airport, United Kingdom