I woke up still on the bus pretty proud of myself. I must have had a full four hours sleep! I was dead chuffed. Looking out the window at that very moment I was greeted by sydney harbour with the opera house standing proudly in the centre. I couldn't believe I was finally in Sydney! Landing in the bus station I was back to the working out the underground tube station, something I was well trained for thanks to kuala lumpar and Singapore. It was only 3 stops to t...

The first impression I got from Byron bay, and some may disagree, that it was a cross between Noosa and airlie beach. Driving through it, with the little seaside shops and bars, it had the chilled out atmosphere of airlie but he the nightlife there if you wanted it. However it had the beautiful beach nearby that you could swim and surf in, much like Noosa. It also had the ridiculous price tag that Noosa had ($32 a night - do they think I'm made of money!). One of...