Byron Bay: The Hippy Town Byron is a lovely little seaside town with a lot of character and charm. There is a very laid back pace in the town, partly due to the abundance of hippies, surfers and Abbo's. Our Hostel was basically a home away from home. It was a lodge with the garden backing onto the bush, big pool, two TV lounges and hammocks where we spent most of our evenings. All the other guests seemed to be living there, some free by doing a bit of cleaning...

Sydney: The city that has it all! After being in South East Asia for so long it felt like robbery, everything seemed so expensive here! It was early evening when we got to Sydney and although it was spring time, we expected it to be fairly warm, but how wrong we were. It was freezing!!! We quickly grabbed our jeans and hoodies which had been stuffed at the bottom of our rucksacks and actually used them for the first time. For some reason we always thought Austr...