Back to the beginning

Well I'm back to where my trip began. After Brisbane I made the short trip to Surfers Paradise. Very cool place. The beach was beautiful, lots of cafes, shops, everything. I wish I could have stayed a bit longer, and I probably could have, but I played it safe and gave myself the extra day to get to Sydney, which I didn't need. Surfers would have been better if I had someone to go out and enjoy the night life with, but by the time the sun went down, I'd already seen everything twice, and I wasn't feeling to good. That's okay though, I was on the beach, and my room over looked the main strip.
That was tuesday. So weds. I made for Newcastle, which is about 130km north of Sydney. Everything was going great until 9:30 in the am when my camera decided it was done for the remainder of the trip. No, not battery or memory issues. I appears to be something with the lens. Which I can live with, except that no one gets to see the lighthouse I stopped at, or the most easterly point of australia (not so suprisingly 1.5km from the lighthouse), but it was a great view of more rugged coast, and a little town with its great sandy beach. So I'm sorry but these pictures are the last ones. But you've seen everything from Sydney, so not biggie.
I guess I was a little in the zone driving wise because I bypassed Newcastle and was in Sydney 11 hours later. I've learned that you can climb one of the bridges over the harbour. A little spendy, but I could be worth it. I'll at least check it out. Otherwise I'm just planning on enjoying my few remaining hours here before heading home. I'll do a finaly post then so people know I"m back. Until then...then.