We are now onto the end of day seven of non-stop rain! It's getting a little tedious now as I think we are all getting a bit restless as there is not much to do here when the weather is bad, unless you have a larger budget than ours! But, we are trying to keep our time filled! Our first night in Surfers Paradise was spent in a hostel (Backpackers in Paradise). We were in a dorm of 14, but the top bunk I was on was noticeably higher than all the other beds in th...

Happy Australia day for yesterday! We have now moved on up the coast, through a state border and timezone change from New South Wales to Surfers Paradise in Queensland. Unfortuantely, the weather has not changed and we are into our fifth day of non-stop rain! Back in Byron Bay, we decided to take a trip to a little hippy village about an hour away from Byron called Nimbin. However, after waiting for an hour for our bus, it turns out that bus was cancelled, so we...