Hi Internet, I am back with another travel post! I've been gone because I went on a road trip for more than 2 weeks and I just graduated last week! Being officially unemployed means I have time to update the blog lol. So in this post, I will show where I went and the route of our road trip from Brisbane to Melbourne! Let's go!

DAY ONE
We started our journey in the early morning and drove 2 hours to Byron Bay. People there are generally look cool and hippy! We visited the lighthouse and walked around the coastal area, which is also the most Eastern part of Australia.
After that, we went to a brunch place called Folk, which I believe is a vegan place and the dishes are really photo pleasing.
We spent our first night in Coffs Harbour and had a German dinner next to our hostel.
Edelweiss Bavarian
Address: 168 Pacific Hwy, North Boambee Valley NSW 2450

DAY TWO
We spent the day exploring Coffs Harbour and walk around the beach. It was a lot of walking and sun...we decided to dinner in a Mexican restaurant near the beach. Friday night in Coffs Harbour is really chill and slightly busier. That night we drove another 4.5 hours and reach Morisset for our second accommodation.

DAY THREE
It's about 50 minutes drive from Morisset to Newcastle. We visited the Newcastle town, art museum and the Memorial Walk. The view of the walk is beautiful, although the sun is burning...At night we decided to cook our own dinner, a BBQ burger friendsgiving night! So we just chill, ice-cream and watch a movie to end our night.

DAY FOUR
We checked out Morisset Baptist Church in the morning, then went to see wild life kangaroo in Morisset Park.
Then we drove about 2 hours to Sydney! The traffic there were crazy and busy...we spent the afternoon explore the city, Darling Harbour, Korean Town...and more food! I had to go back to Aqua S. the sea salt ice cream is the best!

DAY FIVE
Second day in Sydney, we checked out Ku-ring-gai National Park and my friend swam in the lake. Then we decided to brunch near the city and we had a really nice brunch in Celsius Coffee Co. The shop is tiny, but it's next to a jetty that you can enjoy the sea view while eating. Even though it's a weekday, we still waited for 20 minutes.
After brunch, we went to Milsons Point for the Harbour Bridge and Opera House view! You can see both iconic architecture here, without the crowd, which is highly recommended!
Then we decided to go Bondi Beach! Although it's my second time here, it's my first time going into the water. It's freezing...but fun! Don't miss out the iconic iceberg view, for instagram lol.

DAY SIX
Another day exploring Sydney, we went to the Blue Mountains, in particular, the Wentworth Falls part. We hiked around 2 hours and had lunch on a cave-ish rock. We also visited the Jenolan Cave which is about an hour away from the falls.

DAY SEVEN
Before leaving Sydney, we checked out the Royal National Park and hoping to see the wedding cake rock. However, the rock was blocked and forbidden to go near because the fault is extremely weak. But he view on the way is really beautiful, but sunny...
Then we drove 3 hours to Canberra! I was quite excited to check out the Parliament House and the capital city. Canberra is a really quiet city, but the city still got good amount of restaurants and shops. After dinner, we drove to Cooma for the accommodation.

DAY EIGHT
The next day, we visited Kosciuszko National Park where we can still see some snow on the mountain. The express chairlift brought us to the starting point of the walk and we spend around 2 hours in the walk, but we don't have enough time to walk all the way to the top...be aware that the chairlift will close at 4:30pm. The Mount Kosciuszko summit walk is the highest peak in Australia with beautiful scenery and melting snow! (There're lots of flies along the walk, so be prepared and wear light colour)
We spent our night in Lake Entrance, after a week in NSW, finally entered Victoria!

DAY NINE-ELEVEN
We set off to Melbourne in the morning. The weather was horrible, cold and rainy...driving in rain is not fun. We returned the car in Melbourne city and meet other friends for dinner. We had a really delicious Greek dinner at Stalactites.
The remaining days in Melbourne was cold, cold and cold. We totally under-dressed...we checked out Lune Croissant, Chadstone Shopping Mall, Prahran Market and more food.
Road trip is definitely a must-do in life! Even though we spent so many time in the car, it was fun to chit chat and play music, and explore Australia in a different way! It's for sure much tiring than a flight, so make sure you drive safe and awake!! Here's the route we went through:

Check out my road trip vlog:
SEE YOU,
cherry xoxo