We all met in the Arts Factory car park at 9am Friday morning, excited and ready for some adventure. Joining us on the trip were two Dutch guys (Matty and Florien) and an Aussie girl (Jessie). We all jumped in Paul's beaten up land cruiser with Mr Pickles sat on the back of the drivers seat and headed out. Along the way Paul was pointing out different things, like where the best place would be to find water and how the landscape tells you where the water will...

Only another couple of hours south on the greyhound and we were in Byron Bay. As soon as we pulled in we got a really good feeling about the place. We were staying at the Arts Factory, which had been recommended to us by loads of people. We got the mini bus from the greyhound stop which took us five minutes out of town to our hostel. The Arts Factory has a very hippy vibe as does the whole of Byron. We decided to book a double room for a week as it worked out p...