Day 1.  We had another early morning on the day of our departure from Surfers, and made our way to Brisbane by way of shuttle to the transit center, local bus to the train station, then intercity train for the just-over-one-hour trip up the coast. We didn’t get much scenery on the way, since the… Continue reading Brisbane, AUS

We had arrived in Surfers Paradise after a short bus ride from Murwillumbah (or as they call it, Mur’bah) to the Gold Coast. The Greyhound was a comfortable ride and even cheaper than CountryLink, although it was an hour late. But apparently this is the norm for all coach buses – too many variables going… Continue reading Surfers Paradise, AUS

Our last post finished on Day 9, which makes this sort of awkward, since there’s only one day left.  We’ll split this into two posts, one covering our last day and departure, then another which continues our journey and arrival at Surfer’s Paradise. Day 10. Our last work day at the Thomas farm did not… Continue reading Dungay Creek, AUS (pt 3)

Day 5.  The morning was soggy and raining. And so was the rest of they day, so we stayed inside and took care of some house cleaning tasks. Christina and I spent most of the day cleaning cupboards – removing the items inside, extracting the cupboard unit, cleaning and wiping the interiors then adding clean… Continue reading Dungay Creek, AUS (pt 2)

Day 1. We have arrived at our HelpX hosts’ home on Dungay Creek Road, just outside of the town of Murwillumbah. Unfortunately the 17 hour overnight commute from Newcastle to Murwillumbah did not allow us to sleep. We were kind of excited getting onto the CountryLink, since we read that it had a lunch car,… Continue reading Dungay Creek, AUS (pt 1)

Day 1. It’s amazing how quickly things can change on you in one day. We woke up Tuesday morning to pouring rain in Katoomba. The only photo of the Three Sisters that we could scrounge up was while waiting for at the train station. But two train rides (and 5 hours later) we found ourselves… Continue reading Newcastle, AUS

We’re on our last day at Katoomba, after spending 2 days here. We were told to come see the Blue Mountains, because the vistas are beautiful, and there’s a blue haze that in the air emitted from the trees. But alas, I can not confirm that it is like they say in the brochure. Why?… Continue reading Katoomba, AUS

We have been in Sydney, Australia for the past 3 days now and it’s been a whirlwind of activities. We arrived early morning March 17th, but were not able to check in to our hostel until 2pm, so had some time to kill. The hostel is located right at the Kings Cross train station, which… Continue reading “G’day” Australia