Surfing is awesome!! I love it so much! Had such a cool day learning to surf and we are now pros! We took a 20 minute bus drive to a beach near Byron where the surf was good to learn. Our instructors - schnitzel and Dom were proper surfer dudes and really cool. They helped us loads. We got up so much quicker than I ever imagined. Jen and I were top of the class. Not bad huh! Fell off quite a bit too and there was one incident where my boob actually fell out of m...

Left Sydney on Monday at 7.30pm on the Greyhound. Took 14 hours to get to Byron (longer than our flight from the UK!!). The overnight was a good option though as we saved on a night in a hostel and it actually went pretty quickly. I was sorted with 24 on the ipod - amazing how quickly time can pass! Woke up at 9am in Byron and despite the cloudy weather I fell in love with the place instantly. Our hostel is really nice and opposite the famous Cheeky Monkeys night...