Warrumbungles National Park - some 400km NW from Sydney. We went there to get some hiking miles into our shoes again,  after all the museums and sightseeing. Unfortunately the weather wasn't cooperating too much. We did a track to a rock called "breadknife" - very narrow, kinda longish rock which probably resembles the breadknife. We didn't get to see it from a distance though as all the tops were covered by clouds. On the way there from Sydney we also stopped at the ZOO in Dubbo, which was ok, but nothing to write home about. Then we moved onto Gunnedah, where you're supposed to be  virtually guarranteed to see koalas, but either we were extremely unlucky or it's a hoax to attract tourists. We saw exactly ONE during 4 hrs walk through the whole reserve area. My suggestion - if you want to see koalas, go to Otways :)
Diving Solitary Islands from Coffs Harbour - 600km NNE from Sydney. I can't write enough good things about this dive trip. I've seen sharks before (not many though), but nothing like this. We were literally surrounded by large sharks during the whole dive. I was so excited, I "lost" the rest of the group on the first dive just to enjoy them more :) To make perfect dive even better, we (yet again) saw humpbacks on the way back. I've managed to snap a picture of one breaching even with my puny little camera!
Dorrigo National Park - 600km NNE from Sydney. This was a bit of disappointment - it was our first true rainforest, waterfalls and all. However, the main track is closed (couple months already) due to rain damage. Apparently, half of the track which included the main attraction (walk under a waterfall) got washed out. We did see there quite a selection of trees though. One which I like in particular is a "stinging tree" - if you touch its leaf, you'll get a painful itch for MONTHS. Seriously. No doctor can help you either - essentially you have to wait until your skin dies and is replaced with new one. Wicked - I have a list of people who'll be getting green present from me this year :)
Diving at Fish Rock - 500km NNE from Sydney. I've been dreaming about diving this spot as soon as I read about it. It is little rocky island close to the South West Rock town and what makes it so special is the fact, that there's a cave running through it. Sharks were supposed to hangout in this cave too. Well, there were 2 serious problems with that particular dive. First, the water was rough and so the visibility was maybe 10ft or less. To make it even worse, the mask they gave me was fogging like crazy all the time to the point where I think i'd see more without it. Spit/antifog didn't help at all. To top it, the flash-light they gave me for the cave was hardly visible even if you looked directly into it, so I had no hope of actually seeing anything that was further than 5ft from me. Oh, did I mention the annoying 3 teenagers that were constantly everywhere around me? Ugh, I was SO disappointed... It was still a nice dive - I did "see" couple of sharks, but my expectations were SO much higher. I'd love it another try some day again though - the site itself is totally cool.
Bald Rock - 300km SE of Brisbane. As the name suggests, it's a big granite rock. Second largest (after Uluru) in Australia (213m high). There are quite a few walking tracks around it, but we just climbed it and drove on towards Brisbane. Most of the access roads there were unsealed and Wicked doesn't like us driving in outback anyway :) Probably the biggest highlight of this trip was the fact that I actually bought an icecream called "Golden Gaytime". Kacka ate it though :)
Brisbane. We've just walked through the city, no museums, no cruises, nothing. It was still very pleasant though.Actually we did go to DaVinci machines exhibition, which was really cool. Brisbane seems to have very "friendly" face - the whole riverband is one big park where people hang out, markets take place, etc. They even have artificial beach there for kids. Even the business district seems to be pleasant place to walk through. Beware though, hippies are everywhere! :)