Well, I've finally made it to Sydney after a month of travelling down the Coast. Since my last blog I have been to Brisbane, which is ok but not a huge amount to see, and then to Byron Bay which is very chilled out. I've done the Byron Bay to Sydney route before so I wanted to do something a bit different (its about a 12 hour drive) for the journey. I decided to do a surf safari which is basically where you travel down the coast stopping at a couple of places ...

Have now finished my Contiki 11 day tour and I now need a holiday to recover!! It has been non-stop from start to finish with barely a moment to take a breath and chill. I have had so much fun on the tour and its really sad to have now finished. Unfortunately the tour continued to Sydney so I'm now on my own in Surfers Paradise but I'm going to head back to Brisbane today for a couple of days before going south again to Byron Bay and then on to Sydney. So to ...

Am now on my Contiki tour from Cairns to Surfers Paradise which started on Saturday. In total there are 49 18 - 35 year olds on the tour so its very mad! So far we have had 3 nights in Cairns which included one night out at the 'Wooldshed' a typical backpackers bar/club with dancing on the tables which I of course joined in with!! I have also been diving again on the Great Barrier Reef and done white water rafting both of which were very cool. The group is re...

I can't believe I've been away for over a month now! It's gone so quickly and I've now been in Australia for almost a week. I've spent the last 5 days doing my PADI diving course, with the last 3 days being on a boat on the Great Barrier reef and it was amazing! I am now a certified Open Water Diver. Over the last 3 days I've done 9 dives, and seen the most incredible things. The first 4 dives were part of the training but after that we were left pretty much...

Back in Kuta now for 7 days. Staying at one Hotel for the whole duration which is good as it means I can unpack and not have to search through my rucksack for the clothes I want! Saying that though, I've only been away for less than 3 weeks - how am I going to feel after 5 months?!! Hotel is good. We have a nice big room with a double bed each and a big bathroom. Have spent the week sunbathing, mooching around and now surfing. We are having 3 x 2 1/2 hour s...