Wednesday 17th June My time in Byron Bay is coming to an end.. I leave this afternoon, at 3.30pm to get the bus up to Surfers Paradise. I'm sad to leave here, it's so beautiful and peaceful and little and unique and has such a great atmosphere, think Surfers may be a bit of a Butlins in comparison. I've had a few wonderful beachy days here, sometimes the wind is cold, but it's more than warm enough to lie out in the sun for a few hours and read or doze, it feel...

Saturday 13th June On Thursday, we were taken on a trip to the land of Nimbin, a bizarre oasis out in the hinterland country. Our guide for this trip was Jim, an old hippie in a paisley shirt, and our vessel of transport a rickety old bus painted in rainbow stripes. One of Jim's specialities was to provide us with a soundtrack to our adventure consisting of music from the 70s and 80s, blues, soul and various drug-related sound clips. The driver was awesome, he...

Wednesday 10th June So I left Sydney in the dark, bright and early on monday morning. Had had a minor panic the evening before, when I realised that monday was bank holiday (the queens birthday) and that there would be no bus to get me to the other bus in time! But I booked a taxi and it turned out fine and I was characteristically half an hour early for the oz bus..better early than late and certainly better than 24hours early like I was for my flight here! Ch...

Sat. 6th June Final few days in Sydney! It has been awesome here, I love this city, but am SO ready to leave.. not having full-time work coupled with the expensiveness has caused money stress and worries and I don't want to be stressed about money! Although there is lots to do here, as I have done more of it, I have also become too comfotable and a bit stagnating and got bored and generally spent my free time spending money instead of exploring, which is also ba...

Sunday 31st May Only one more week to go in Sydney!! I love it here but am quite looking forward to leaving now, the last few days have been raaaaiiiinnyyyy. The rain makes me feel a bit homesick, like if it's as rainy and grey as this I might as well be at home! It is different, because it's warmer and the rain is proper rain, like it will be torrential for 10minutes then stop, none of that annoying all-day drizzle that you get back home. Also, it's nowhere nea...