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Trips: Chris and Charly's Passage through SE Asia Chris and Charly Down Under Chris and Charly's African Adventure Chris and Charly's Pacific Island Pit-Stop Chris and Charly's mini trip to The States Chris and Charly's Indian Odyssey Shorthand link: http://blogabond.com/chrischarly

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A load of wildlife

Bega, Australia

Playing on the swings

Continuing south we found a nice little beach to walk along and climbed over rocks. We saw black swans, a bright red octopus, a stingray swimming in the water and some other pretty fish in the gorgeous clear water.

On our way to find a campsite we took a turn off to a National Park to try and spot some wild koalas unsuccessfully but did see some kangaroos really close, one with a joey in her pouch.

Baby joey getting in pouch

Mother and joey

Chris walking to get fuel

Then on our way to Bega to stay for the night we ran out of petrol so Chris walked the 300m to the petrol station. Almost made it!

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chrischarly on November 23, 2011 from Bega, Australia

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Blowholes

Kiama, Australia

Said goodbye to Erin, Mark and family this morning and started making our way down south again. Had a great time in Sydney over the past few days and it’s sad to leave but I’m sure it won’t be our last visit! Thank-you to everyone who made our stay here amazing…

Before we camped up for the night we went to Kiama to see the blowholes which apparently blow up to 60m if the waves are strong enough, but not today.

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chrischarly on November 22, 2011 from Kiama, Australia

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Last night in Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Where we went out for lunch

Chris' dinner he cooked

Unfortunately Treggars had to work today,

Dog with the bone Chris gave her in her mouth

but Erin had the day off and was meeting up with a few of her girlfriends for lunch so invited us along and we’re glad she did as it was delicious! In the evening we stayed in and Chris cooked a feast for us for our last night in Sydney.

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chrischarly on November 21, 2011 from Sydney, Australia

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Tour of Sydney with Ezzer and Treggars

Padstow, Australia

This morning we drove up to Padstow to see Erin and Treggars who we last saw at around 5am last year on Erin’s birthday in Kenya leaving in a taxi.

We couldn’t wait to see them again.

Then, at about 11 Treggars took us on a nice scenic drive along the coast south of Sydney through a National Park to see the sea bridge,

Erin, Mark and I

stopping a couple of places along the way for drinks and lunch. It was great to have a catch up and remembering everything we did back in Africa. In the evening we played a few games, had a BBQ dinner and consumed plenty of wine and beer.

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chrischarly on November 20, 2011 from Padstow, Australia

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Cruising in a porsche

Bondi, Australia

Me and Peter in his Porche

Before leaving Crow’s Nest Pete took us both out separately in his Porsche for a little drive around before

Such a gorgeous road!

we said goodbye to him and Anne as their parents were coming over and one of Chris’ other friends, Dave was having a BBQ, which we went to before lunch. Had a nice swim in their pool and ate lots of tasty food before we made our way to Pete C’s House for a nice relaxing evening pretty exhausted.

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chrischarly on November 19, 2011 from Bondi, Australia

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Home and Away Beach

Palm Beach, Australia

Chris on the harbour

Sydney Harbour and Opera House

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Near the harbour

A little hungover this morning, unsurprisingly. Pete and Anne had to work so Chris took me on a tour of Sydney showing me his old hangouts and the amazing places he used to live.

Where Chris used to live

Where Chris used to live!

(Above left= Chris' apartment right on the waterfront overlooking Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. Above right= Chris' apartment on top floor on Freshwater Beach)

We then drove up to Palm Beach which is more commonly known as ‘Summer Bay’ to me as it is the setting for ‘Home and Away’.

Home and Away beach

On Home and Away Beach

Unfortunately there wasn’t any filming taking place but still great to check out. We then drove back and got ready to go out early evening to meet a few more of Chris’ friends in the local before going out for dinner and more drinks once again.

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chrischarly on November 18, 2011 from Palm Beach, Australia

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To Pete and Anne's

Crows Nest, Australia

Peter and Anne's house

Still raining… Pretty depressing when stuck in the van and you get drenched through just walking to the toilet! Drove through the hunter valley to get to Sydney but didn’t leave the van again until in the outskirts of the city when Chris got his hair cut and I did a little shopping so I didn’t look too much of a feral over the next few days hanging out with all of Chris’ work friends!

Late afternoon we went to Anne and Pete K’s House in Crow’s nest greeted with a nice hot shower and a couple of bottles of champagne, how perfect! They then treated us to much more wine and the tastiest Japanese food I’ve ever eaten. Fantastic evening, a little hazy towards the end finishing at 2:30am…

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chrischarly on November 17, 2011 from Crows Nest, Australia

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Hunter Valley... or not

Denman, Australia

Chris decided to go fishing again this morning for more carp, but unfortunately they just weren’t biting today, so after a few hours we gave up due to it starting to rain once again and headed towards the Hunter Valley to do some wine tasting. This didn’t happen though as the weather was just far too horrible to leave the van so we camped up for the night instead.

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chrischarly on November 16, 2011 from Denman, Australia

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Carp fishing

Armidale, Australia

Left our campsite and went to Point Lookout in New England National Park before continuing driving south through Armidale and stayed just south of Tamworth in a lovely campsite right by the side of a creek. As it was a boiling hot day, the first thing we did was jump straight in it to cool off. Then, after some dinner early evening, Chris started chatting to an old local, Barry who said there is fantastic carp fishing here in the creek, so Chris decided to give that a go. Carp in Australia are a huge pest, introduced by us Brits for some unknown reason and they have just taken over the rivers so unlike in the U.K. when you catch one, you are not allowed to just through it back in, you have to kill it and leave it on the banks. Pretty gruesome and it felt pretty cruel, but better than getting a hefty fine if you’re caught throwing them back in!

Chris' 2nd catch

Chris' 1st carp

Chris' 3rd catch

Chris' 4th carp

Anyway, Chris managed to catch 4 pretty big ones!

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chrischarly on November 15, 2011 from Armidale, Australia

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Moonie Beach

Coffs Harbour, Australia

Such a nice place to swim

Headed to Moonie Beach this morning avoiding all major beaches as they were too busy. We went for a nice walk through the coastal rainforest which is one of the only ones left here on the east coast.

Huge lizard up a tree

We saw a huge carpet python on the side of the road (unable to put photo on due to Chris’ Mum’s phobia) and also a huge Lizard which darted up a tree.

really clear water

On the end of the walk we sat on the headland to do a bit of whale spotting before making our way back down to go for a swim in the icey cold water and then Chris went for an unsuccessful fish. We then continued driving south and veered in land and stayed in New England National Park for the night.

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chrischarly on November 14, 2011 from Coffs Harbour, Australia

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