Arrived at Byron Bay and we had a few problems booking in somewhere so ended up at the Arts Factory Lodge which looked ok in the Lonley Planet guide - it said that it was a bit Eclectic and different and some of the beds may be in a tent... it was exactly that! basically a hippy commune just out of town where we stayed in a big tent with bunkbeds in it! It was not as you may think, it was full of young british chavs and the noise didn't stop until the early h...

Once again boarded the greyhound bus to our next stop Coffs Harbour. Staying at the Hoey Moey - yes we are only staying at hostels with names that rhyme! This place was extremely spread out- we were 1.5 hours walk from the centre and that only consisted of one main street that as we found out closed up totally at 4pm on a saturday- ghost town. The first night we arrived we went out to the Hoey Moey pub and ended up playing pool with a guy from Sunderland and a...

Set off to Port Macquarie where we stayed at the Ozzie Pozzie for 3 nights. This place was really nice, nice beaches and harbour area, popular with aussie families and was just really good vibe. All the stones in the harbour were painted by people who'd been there on holidays and it was interesting to read them all. On first night we went out to the Macquairie hotel for a few bevvies. Spent most of the next day walking along the cliff tops over the beach to...

Checked out of our hostel in Manly and made our way to Geordie land - Newcastle of course - along the way we passed- Stockton, Hexham,Wallsend, Jesmond and Gateshead- I thought we'd got on the wrong bus back to the UK! Wasn't really impressed with Newcastle but only had 2 nights there- weather wasnt that great either. I went for a 2 hour walk along the cliffs to the next few beaches and back while Charlotte sat on the beach relaxing before retreating to ...

Arrived in Sydney mid afternoon- by plane rather than bus as originally planned. Checked out our accomodation just at the bottom of the prime ministers residence in Kirribilli (otherside of harbour bridge to the opera house). Quick change as we were having our first night out on the tiles in Sydney- met up with Claire and Nick from our West Coast trip and one of their mates Tatem. The night ended in the early hours of the morning in Scruffy Murphys (Hang on a se...