So we were standing in the morning chill outside our hostel for 45minutes before the bus turned up. That was an extra 45minutes of sleep I missed out on. To top it off, out steps the butchest woman called Curry (no joke), proudly lesbian, with a few extra gyres round the waist and builders bum you could park several bikes in, who blatantly didn't mind the fact that she had kept us waiting. A few angry grumblings from passengers, me being one of them, and we were ...

What a pilava there was the next day at the airport! I was flying with Emerates to Christchurch and I was told by the pompous check out guy at the desk that unless I can prove that I'm flying out of New Zealand, I won't be allowed in. As it was I was able to present my round the world ticket just for him to shake his head and say it wasn't enough. Stupid idiot. So I had to reprint my ticket and go up to Air Pacific and check my flight to give the ok to enter the ...

What a pilava there was the next day at the airport! I was flying with Emerates to Christchurch and I was told by the pompous check out guy at the desk that unless I can prove that I'm flying out of New Zealand, I won't be allowed in. As it was I was able to present my round the world ticket just for him to shake his head and say it wasn't enough. Stupid idiot. So I had to reprint my ticket and go up to Air Pacific and check my flight to give the ok to enter the ...

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...