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Day 26 - Canberra
We woke up at 11am and drove to the next town to get petrol (we were not sure to make it – I…
We woke up at 11am and drove to the next town to get petrol (we were not sure to make it – I calculated afterwards that we probably had 4L left). We wanted to head back straight to Melbourne with a…
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Day 25 - Jervis bay
We left her place at 3.30pm and we drove to Jervis bay, which took us 2hrs. Once there we faced an…
We left her place at 3.30pm and we drove to Jervis bay, which took us 2hrs. Once there we faced an entry of the national park where the employee told us that there was no available camp site left. We…
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Day 24 - Nelson bay
We woke up at 11am, packed up rapidly after breakfast and crossed the forest to the beach, where…
We woke up at 11am, packed up rapidly after breakfast and crossed the forest to the beach, where we met a fisherman and its dog. We hit back the road to Woolongong, 100kms south of Sydney, and…
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Day 23 - Kempsey
We woke up with the sound of the music, very nice. We drove towards Sydney (300kms) and stopped by…
We woke up with the sound of the music, very nice. We drove towards Sydney (300kms) and stopped by a national park close to Kempsey. We were surrounded by some kind of tropical trees and found enough…
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Day 22 - Nimbin
We should have checked out at 10am but were quite tired and decided to stay another night in order…
We should have checked out at 10am but were quite tired and decided to stay another night in order to enjoy peacefully the day in this artistic hippy town which attracted more tourists than I…
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Day 21 - Quicksilver surf championship
We left at 1.30pm for the Quicksilver surf championship at Tweed Head, close to Gold Coast. The…
We left at 1.30pm for the Quicksilver surf championship at Tweed Head, close to Gold Coast. The competition was not on at the time but there were some good surfers (one even swam with a dolphin).…
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Day 20 - Brisbane
Packed up everything straight after waking up at 7am, left at 7.30am and went to the port to…
Packed up everything straight after waking up at 7am, left at 7.30am and went to the port to approach the dolphins very near. We took a shower in the public amenities, cleaned the car and hit the…
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Day 19 - Frazer island
We woke up at 7am in order to have breakfast and be at 8am in the bus – we were not late this time!…
We woke up at 7am in order to have breakfast and be at 8am in the bus – we were not late this time! In fact, the annoying point in the tour was a tight schedule to see things with a very strict…
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Day 18 - Frazer island
We woke up at 6.30am and arrived just on time at the appointment at 7.45am. We arrived at Fraser…
We woke up at 6.30am and arrived just on time at the appointment at 7.45am. We arrived at Fraser island at 9am. The island is listed as a world heritage because it is totally composed of sand, there…
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Day 17 - Hervey bay
We woke up at 10am and left at 12pm for Hervey Bay. On the way we stopped in a shopping centre to…
We woke up at 10am and left at 12pm for Hervey Bay. On the way we stopped in a shopping centre to eat and get water (after having been sick with the river smelling water of Taree I decided to buy…
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Day 16 - Wongi State Forest
We checked out at 10am, took a shower and ate lunch. We went for a 5 kms walk in the national…
We checked out at 10am, took a shower and ate lunch. We went for a 5 kms walk in the national park, departing from the camp site. We parked on the track leading to the camp and started walking in…
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Day 15 - Woodgate
In the day we realised that it was a caravan park mostly inhabited by grey nomads, the Australian…
In the day we realised that it was a caravan park mostly inhabited by grey nomads, the Australian elderlies selling their house in order to get a good camping van and travel around the country – up…
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Day 14 - On the road to Woodgate
After a second night in the camping surrounded by skyscrapers we checked out at 10am, we went for a…
After a second night in the camping surrounded by skyscrapers we checked out at 10am, we went for a swim in the swimming pool of the camp site, and went to Safeway in order to get ice and food for…
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Day 13 - Gold Coast beach
We woke up at 11am, went shopping until 5pm and enjoyed the beach until night, 7pm in Queensland…
We woke up at 11am, went shopping until 5pm and enjoyed the beach until night, 7pm in Queensland because they do not have daylight saving. The beach was very nice and not as crowded as I expected,…
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Day 12 - Red rock
We woke up at 10am, packed up and were ready at 12pm. We went to the beach until 4pm. I tried to…
We woke up at 10am, packed up and were ready at 12pm. We went to the beach until 4pm. I tried to fish there but the current was too strong and brought my sinker back to the beach all the time. We…
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Day 11 - Beach
We woke up at 7am and went to the beach. We were surprised to see so many 4WD driving along the…
We woke up at 7am and went to the beach. We were surprised to see so many 4WD driving along the beach. We went back to sleep until 11am, packed up and went to the beach for a swim because the sun was…
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Day 10 - Crowdy bay national park
We woke up at 11am, assuming that the car will not be ready this time! I called, nobody answered,…
We woke up at 11am, assuming that the car will not be ready this time! I called, nobody answered, we went then there at 1pm and were surprised to hear that the car was fixed. We exchanged the yens…
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Day 9 - Sick
We woke up at 9am and packed up to get the car – the day before they told us that it will be ready…
We woke up at 9am and packed up to get the car – the day before they told us that it will be ready for lunch. We arrived there but the car was not ready. We booked another night. The weather became…
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Day 8 - Taree and the muddy water
We brought the car to the garage where they told us that it could take up to Friday and cost more…
We brought the car to the garage where they told us that it could take up to Friday and cost more than $1,000. We looked for another motel close by the repair shop and we went shopping. I started to…
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Day 7 - Breaking down under the rain
We woke up at 9am by a ranger asking us to pay the camp site fees. We went back to bed until 12pm.…
We woke up at 9am by a ranger asking us to pay the camp site fees. We went back to bed until 12pm. It was raining and we packed up painfully until 2pm. I checked the car which lost 2L of coolant…