Monday, 5 May 2008 | Views [680]

After three nights in a hostel in Newcastle I was glad to be heading to the airport to be picked up by my farm stay helpex host. I arrived in Newcastle, after a very reasonably priced train journey from the Blue Mountains in the rain and left in ... Read more >
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Monday, 5 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Monday, 5 May 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 18 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 18 Apr 2008 | Views [915]

Blue Mountains, Katoomba Mist On a morning that saw Katoomba shrouded in thick fog, I set off for a walk along the Prince Henry cliff walk to Echo Point. The weather forecast for the four days I have booked isn’t looking good, so when faced ... Read more >
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Tuesday, 15 Apr 2008 | Views [966] | Comments [1]

Landing in Sydney after 26 hours couped up in a plane can be a little of a shock as your immediately thrown into a city that has all the similar traits of a busy city with the added population of backpackers and travellers. Coming from the north east ... Read more >
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Friday, 11 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
Botanical Gardens
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Friday, 11 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
Sydney Harbour
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Friday, 11 Apr 2008 | Photo Gallery
Darling Harbour
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Friday, 11 Apr 2008 | Views [938]

Similar to conversations with taxi drivers, a hostel conversation is renowned the world over. Where are you from? and where are you going? Tend to be the required questions we should all ask our fellow hostellers when staying in any hostel and in any ... Read more >
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