My friend Aron arrived about 10:20am in his camper van and we obviously had plenty of conversation on the way to his house. He lives in a place called Currumbin, on the south tip of the gold coast. It's probably only a 40 minute drive to where he lives but he took me to a few other places on the way, one place called Coolangata where there is a nice beach and plenty of surf, looking across the water you could see the high rise buildings of the Gold Coast and Su...

After 9 hours on an overnight flight I arrived in Sydney International Airport. Feeling tired and slightly wired I quickly found the 2 trains I needed to get to my destination (Woolloomooloo, yes that's right). 30 minutes later I was in the right area and just had to find my hostel. Now, after spending 18 days in Thailand in comfort (most of the time), my own room, air conditioning, Wi-Fi and general luxury I was prepared for something quite different. The hostel...