Melbourne to Brisbane via Sydney

Lets work on leaving at 8:30am from Jess's house (cragieburn is on the way for dan and me)

Really just a big town. If you want to go to the milk factory, frog world (including minigolf) the ledlight factory or anything else, let me know. I normally just drive through here though as it is kind of a dive.

Figured we could go here for lunch. It is a really cool pub from what I remember (last time I went I was eight), and it is worth a look considering it is the first in a world famous chain of pubs, and it is on the main highway.

OK, Well this is about as sleazy as I get. I am willing to indulge in any of the activities Kings Cross has to offer, provided we work on the ground rules that what ever happens on the trip stays on the trip, and that there is more than one individual participating in an activity at one time.

Oh yeah and we will probably by now be starving, and there are heaps of great places to eat out ;D - you thought I was a pervert didn't you!

This place has gotten great reviews, has parking for the car and is so close to the train station that it can not be overlooked. It has everything we could ever want too, including en suites if you want that (I don't care too much) and kitchenette facilities.

It's on the way - almost there infact, and 5 and a half hours drive from Sydney in good traffic. The problem is it is going to take us right past my family, and we may have to stop in for lunch. That would be at Terrigal. They are great - you would feel comfortable with them.

My cousin Rebecca and her husband live at Coffs harbor and could put us up for the night. Either we stop here, see the sights and stay the night, or we drive right through. Up to you guys.

This is one thing though that we need to know ASAP. I need to let them know, and also we can drive right through easy (saves time and money - but 8 hours driving). Either is OK by me, but again, need to know.

However on the way to Coffs Harbor there is the big banana, the big clam, the big shrimp and some other big crap to look at. You see it on the drive by, i don't know if it is worth stopping in at each.

Not going past this spot on the way back either. We stay or skip forever.

If we stay and don't want to go the whole family route, this place looks nice and is cheep. It has a Spanish flair to the rooms, and is dead center of the city.

So it is not that cheap, nor that close to Brisbane (it looks like we will be driving about 300Km north to get there), but I figured on the weekend we could all head off to the great barrier reef and learn to dive. It is not like we will do it too often, and it is only going to cost $55 per person for an introductory dive (thats not scuba gear, just a dive mask under water). Figured we could drive out, stay the night, then scoot back to Brisbane in the morning so maz and hugh could start work again on the Monday. What do you say?

The half way point on the way home (going the most direct way), it will take us about 9 hours solid driving to get here from Brisbane, and another 9 hours to get home.

Thankfully, it is a big town with lots to do, and places to stay.

If you want to stay a while, there is the open range zoo, bathurst race way and there is heaps of things like berry picking, go karts, bowling etc. Think Geelong but inland.

It's cheap, It is going to be pretty nasty and I am hoping that I can sway you all with "It's Cheap and we are only going to be there for a couple of hours!"

I swear it is not a truck stop!

It's right on the highway, so we can make a quick getaway.