I did manage to drag myself out of bed but naturally my bus was late. I could have stayed in bed for another hour if I'd known! I got to Newcastle at about 10:30, got checked in and then went for a wander. I only got as far at the beach, about 100m from my hostel, because there was an "Iron-Man" triathlon competition taking place. I have only ever heard of the main tirathlon but over here there is a league and the athletes tour the country comp...

I had the morning in Coffs Harbour so I had planned to go walking around the National Park but the weather had other ideas. It was a dully, cloudy morning with heavy rain, again, for most of it. So instead I spent the morning watching the cricket, possibly more depressing than the weather. My bus out of Coffs was late, as is becoming the norm. This meant that by the time I got to Port Macquarie and checked in there wasn't really time to do much more than have...

Ended up spending longer in Byron Bay than I thought. Mu bus was over an hour late and when it finally arrived we made slow progress down the freeway. We eventually reached Coffs Harbour over two hours late meaning by the time I got to my hostel the vast majority of he day was gone.Coffs Harbour itself seems like a nice place but didn't really get to see much of it.I booked myself on to a white water rafting trip for the next day. It's something that I...

Typical, the day I leave Surfers Paradise and the sun decides to shine! But I wasn't travelling too far to Byron Bay so the weather here was pretty much the same, if not better. Byron Bay is one of the nicest places I have been so far. It's a really small, uncommercial place with a really laid back atmosphere. Plus it's New Years celebrations are legendary so I couldn't wait.After getting checked into my hostel I spent the rest of my first day rel...

Unfortunately the weather in Surfers Paradise wasn't much better than it was in Brisbane. My frist day here was very cloudy and grey with heavy rain every now and then. I didn't come all the way to Australia for this!My new hostel seems nicer than my last one, however I was stuck in a twenty person dorm. I had booked my room when I was staying in Airlie Beach but the number I was given was not for the YHA in Surfers but for one 25km south! So I had to tak...