Today was my first ever surf lesson and to be honest I wasn't exactly looking forward to it, especially as it was raining and cold outside and I'm fully aware of my awfulness when I'm in water. Anyway, I'm in Australia so decided I have to give it a go here. The company I went with can have groups of 30people but luckily there was just 6 of us so we were given our theory lessons which were basic instructions and advice and then were given very attractive wetsui...

I got to 1770 and was feeling a bit anxious as the hostel I was staying at had the best reviews but also has complaints about the manager. Anyway, the manager actually turned out to be really nice and really helpful and it was actually another guy that worked there who was awful but the hostel was nice and REALLY clean so it was fine! I ended up in a room with Bella, a German girl from the bus I'd been on, and we arranged to meet at the library later on as they ...