Homeward bound...

Well this time tomorrow we'll be back on home soil. Not permanently, just for a little christmas break. We're currently staying with friends in Sydney, John and Judy Reid who have been wonderful and will be looking after Lulu for us whilst we're back in Tassie. Since Lake Lyell we've camped in a few spots in the Blue Mountains a little closer to Sydney. Places such Ingra camp (where we watched a big red bellied black snake devour a frog!), Murphy's Glen (on two seperate occasions) and Euroka camp near Glenbrook. Lulu has tackled some pretty hairy tracks but so far we've managed to stay out of trouble. The weather has been pretty good to us too since Lake Lyell with not much rain to report. It was actually 35 degrees here in Castle Hill yesterday which saw us seeking refuge in the pool here. And very nice it was too. The only downside regarding the Sydney side of the Blue Mountains is the tourists. We've seen plenty. Luckily they dont seem to be into camping tho so it is pretty easy to get away from them. We've done a few good walks throughout the mountains. Some pretty tame and others that required using ropes and ladders to negotiate the terrain. We even found a nice little creek to have a swim in at the Euroka camp site. It was sign posted as a 4 hour return hike to get to get to the creek and back. We're not sure why as it only took us 15 minutes to get down into the gorge and probably no more than 25 minutes to get back out. We did the walk, had a swim and lunch in under 3 hours. Although it was pretty hard work coming back out though. Nothing much else to report unfortunately. We took a train into the city today and had a stroll around Darling Harbour and killed a couple of hours in the Sydney aquarium. Some pretty cool critters in there but to be honest we thought the Melbourne aquarium was a little better. Sorry Sydney! Anyways, is very much our bed time so we'll sign off for now and hope to catch up with a few of you over the next three weeks. Be good peoples!