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After 3 weeks of back breaking work (maybe i am slightly exaggerating) in Surfers Paradise we decided it was about time we had a surf lesson (fortunately this came for free, one of the perks of working at the hostel). After being collected by Scotty our crazy AUssie ocre instructor it was straight to the beach to be decked out in fetching rash vests and humongous surfboards. We practiced the moves on the sand and headed straight for the waves-amazingly Nicola & I both managed to stand up on our first attempt-Kelly Slater eat your heart out!! We had the best time but after several wipeouts, wedgies and rashes we were shattered and eager to check out the photos of the surf pro's in action. We finsihed our time on the Gold Coast in style, sipping a cocktail in the sun at lunchtime at the fabulous Versace hotel.rn Time to move onto Byron Bay the alternative town with bags of character and interesting people. We had a v.fun day out visiting the small hippy town Nimbin, a mini Amsterdam and sampled the local delicasess-cookies, well as they say 'When in Rome' They made for a very interesting, surreal day, especially when we were taken on a coach 'rollercoaster ride' to the music of i'm gonna cut you up and kill you or something such the like and were then taken to see on old hippy and his 'artwork' in his massive forest!!!rn Onto Coffs Harbour, our last destination on our round Oz trip, the journey on the bus made more interesting when Nicola was busy eating a bag of nuts and dried frut when a fly landed on her arm, she severley mistook this innocent insect for a killer Spider, so instead of reacting like a normal person and flicking it off she decided to fling her arm holding the nuts in the air which resulted in me and the 2 guys behind being showered in the mix-i even had raisins in my hair!! We were given a tour in Coffs by our hostel manager & got to see rock candy and honeycomb being made from scratch, went on a toboggan ride at the big bannana and even saw some wild dolphins swimming and jumping around by the jetty.rn After our final v.v.long overnight greyhoud bus journey we arrived back in Sydney to rather different weather than when we left, now in the middle of winter it is so cold but great to be back in this brilliant city of only for a week before we fly to New Zealand on Thursday................
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