The Adventures of the Wombat Wagon

The first leg of our campervan life from Sydney to Hunter Valley ✒️ Written by: Abbie We flew from Perth to Sydney overnight, leaving behind our base with family in Fremantle and ready to take on a whole new adventure: eight weeks in a campervan. While we saved one night of accommodation costs by travelling overnight across the entire country, we ultimately paid for it over the next three days in Sydney as we walked around feeling like zombies. Neither of us slept on that hot, uncomfortable Jetstar plane, and we arrived in Australia's largest city a couple of sleep deprived, feverish messes. It didn't help that I picked up a cold somewhere along the way. It was 6am when we landed, and after sitting on a bench contemplating life in the airport for a while, we gathered our heavy suitcases and rucksacks and found our way to the train. Sidenote: they have double decker trains in Sydney! This amazed us. A moment I will never forget is stepping off that train and onto the platform, only to…