So we arrived in LA and I thought what am in doing in America! It'll take a while for me to warm up to America! Doesn't help that I really miss Oz! But I'm just gonna go with it and make the most of it! First day we slept from 10am till 3pm, felt I'll! We left Auckland at 1pm on Saturday on a 13 hour flight to arrive in LA where it was 6.30am on Saturday morning, so we did Saturday twice reminded me of the film ground hog day! Steve got the coolest haircut and b...

So we left Sydney after sitting outside the airport for 1 1/2 hours in the cold, they really should have had a sign that says airport open at 4am! 3 hour flight later we were met by Fiona (relative) and Harry (partner) who drove us to our hostel, great to see a friendly face! Our 10 bed dorm had a mix of cultures: people from France, Brazil,Chile, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Ireland and Scotland. A very chilled and friendly bunch, who felt like family! We we...

I'm sad to say this is our last day in Australia! We have done the sights of Sydney and we are moving onto New Zealand tomorrow! We climbed up one of the pylons at Sydney Harbour Bridge and blagged a student price of $6.50. We had budgeted for the full climb but the weather hasn't been great, so there was no point! We still managed to get great pictures of the bridge and the Sydney Opera House! We also went on a night out down Oxford Street with people we met in ...

So we went to surfers paradise and met up with Caroline, who we met in Darwin. We went for lunch at a surf club, went shopping at pacific fair and had an amzing dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe! Our meal was cold but they totally spoiled us with a huge free dessert (nice one!) We then moved onto the beautiful Byron Bay, I could totally live here! A very hippy spiritual town! It's got a great vibe! The first night our hostel had VIP passes for Cheeky Monkeys. We had a...

So we went to surfers paradise and met up with Caroline, who we met in Darwin. We went for lunch at a surf club, went shopping at pacific fair and had an amzing dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe! Our meal was cold but they totally spoiled us with a huge free dessert (nice one!) We then moved onto the beautiful Byron Bay, I could totally live here! A very hippy spiritual town! It's got a great vibe! The first night our hostel had VIP passes for Cheeky Monkeys. We had a...