Adelaide,
South Australia 2/4/2010-4/4/2010After a fantastic breakfast pizza at the beach (brighton?) we sett of to the adventure playground at St. Kilda. Complete with flying foxes slides, and most importantly a pirate ship! We enjoyed the equipment but some of the parents mocked our youthful enthusiasm with comments like "I wonder who the children are?", so we set off for the more adult pleasures of the barrossa. Switching the car for a helicopter at lydoch, a low flight across the vineyard later we spied a nice spot for lunch. The Grant Burge Winery and the jacobs estate both did much to quench our thirst uhm for adventure.
Victoriawe settled in mildura for a comfortable sleep in a motel. mildura was in the grips of a speedboat festival so there were were boats a plenty. The friendly locals were a contrast to the ever present new south welsh police - who pulled us over for checking out hay (the drug trafficking capital as it turns out) and then again in wagga wagga, this time for speeding, fair cop, $200 thanks for visiting Wagga.
CanberraA stay in Canberra saw the attractions of Canberra (ie museums and fishwick) did some shopping and ate the local wild life (crocodile, emu, kangaroos, wombat? ) and a few of the local beers. Later that night during a drunken phone call i mostly remembered it was decided to go to Sydney to pick up an extra passages.
A trip up the east coast reveals some of the beauty of my home state. Above left is the beach at the camp site and seen above right is the view from Mt. Atmos while below is the walking track highlighted in red for your convenience. You follow a series of spray painted arrows up increasingly steep terrain until you are forced to use hand foot and after a slippery section perhaps bottom too. The breathtaking view is worth every second and the steep track guarantees you a little privacy overlooking wineglass bay. 
On the descent I ended up in a soft looking bush which did not so much yield as jab into my leg and draw blood from my hand. It makes you appreciate the harshness of the terrain that the plants must be strong to survive, stronger than us week fleshy humans –I feel I have done my part as my blood is nourishing some thorny devil of a plant.
The story continues as we arrive in sydney and feasted at the white cockatoo for some schnitzels that rivaled (even beat!) the tuckerbox for size and value. This was washed down with some beers and gave us the sustenance we needed for the long road ahead. 
Along the coast road was littered with capes bluffs and blowholes (water blown out of the rock like a gisier for those who have spent too much time on a mine site :). Miles and miles of dramatic ocean pounding against granitic rock cliffs rolled past, after dinner we simply could not drive past mini-golf (where i scored the highest). Staying in the luxurious comfort of the YHA Mirrimburra we enjoyed beaches as well as rainforest's down to lakes entrance.
Adelaide, South Australia 2/4/2010-4/4/2010
Victoria
Canberra