The next day was hot and sunny. Taking a cue from the weather we decided to check out the ultra-cool surf scene at Kirra Beach. It was early Monday morning when we pulled into the crowded parking lot. Didn’t anyone around here work. I wondered. Out on the break a couple hundred surfers drifted past [...]
For good reason the coast between Sydney and Brisbane is one of the most visited parts of the country. For thousands of natives of NSW it means summer escape. For planeloads of overseas visitors it means beaches and sun.
For me personally it means surf. Like thousands of other lemmings I headed to the water’s edge [...]
Heading up the highway to Tenterfield we sense a change in the air. The flat paddocks start to buckle as mountains rise up ahead. The town is small and tidy but surprisingly quiet after the hustle of Tamworth. The hostel is a rambling old hotel from the town’s booming days, when speculative gold-diggers and settlers [...]







