Surfers paradise was not what I was expecting...it's really nothing like paradise! It's like a bad version of Las Vegas with high rise buildings and bright lights everywhere and it's pretty much all about the night life. Our hostel was not the best, it was okay but pretty grimy and everyone in our room was hungover as it's a real party place. We only had one night so we went out to explore straight away and decided to stop at a bar overlooking the beach for a dri...

We did a day trip from Byron bay to Nimbin with grasshopper tours. It was a cool trip, definitely an experience! The bus that picked us up was a rickety old thing painted like a rainbow and had really loud rock music blaring from it! The driver explained that Nimbin was a hippy town back in the 70's and they once had a massive festival which out numbered the police so they weren't able to stop everyone getting stoned. Ever since then it's been known as the place ...

We arrived in Byron Bay at 11am after another 12 hour bus but the sun was shining so we were happy! We headed straight out to explore the town which is very small but quite lively with bars and restaurants all around, we went to a nice Mexican restaurant for lunch then headed to the beach for the afternoon. The beach was beautiful but it was so incredibly windy we felt like we were being given an exfoliating sand scrub the minute we lay down! We were completely c...