So i can now surf....a bit of an exaggeration but i did manage to stand up once for over 5 seconds which i was pretty pleased about! We got there and had a lesson off about one hour about the technique and safety. It all seemed really easy whilst we were practicing on the beach. Then we all went into the sea. I enjoyed the first couple of times, just surfing on my front. Then i managed to kneel. But after that i got gobbled by a big wave and thrown around which m...

Another day in Byron bay today...and our last! It is just so relaxing and chilled out and hippified. I woke up strangely early this morning and went shopping! Ended up spending a bit too much money (mainly on jumpers which i dont need at the moment) and got some cool jewellery as well! Were planning on going out for our final night today but just realised its a sunday which means Cheeky Monkeys will be closed so dont know what were going to do. Im sure we will f...

We had an amazing time at Magnetic Island and it must be one of the highlights of our trip so far. It was so relaxing and chilled out. We ended up staying there five nights instead of two because we liked it so much. We were going to dive here but never quite managed to get around to it! We stayed at Koala Bay Village in litttle wooden huts which were really comfortable. It was such a small area of the island that the hostel bar closed at 10.30pm each night. L...

Whitsundays were pretty amazing. Had a relaxing time on the boat just soaking in the sun. Whitehaven beach was amazingly beautiful! Also did two lots of snorkelling off the boat. The first time it took me a while to get used to it but saw some amazing coral and rainbow coloured fish. At the second site the skipper threw food in and all the fish surrounded us. There were thousands of them and you could feel them all swimming beside us. Incredible! We also had a ...

We arrived in Byron Bay only expecting to stay for 3nights but have already been here for 5. When we arrived we met Luke who was also staying at Cape Byron Lodge with us. None of us had a phone number or any idea where our hostel was so we lingered for a while before asking a stranger for directions. He vaguely pointed us off and we trekked for 30mins having to ask two other people for help as well. We finally got there, flung our bags off and went to recpetion. ...