Well our bus to Byron Bay arrived early again and we found ourselves there at 5:30 am sat in a bus station - it was raining loads, there had been storms here for the past few days but at least it was warm!! We decided to walk through the rain - meeting some Irish guys (Rob, Denise and Orlaith) on the way, on arrival to the hostel at about 6 am it was all shut so we sat outside for what seemed like ages waiting for it to open!! After getting a room we had a well ...

Well after an eventful NYE we had quite a lazy New Years Day - mainly consisting of some garden cricket - even Sarah got involved and found a great line and length!!After the heavy exercise of the cricket and still trying to overcome the small hangovers we headed into town to go and see Darling Harbour and get some greasy food - had a huge Hungry Jacks (Burger King) and then strolled around the harbour, it was lovely. Crazy water features and Captain Cooks' ship-...

We spent our New Years Eve at Bradleys Head in the Sydney Harbour with an amazing view of the Sydney Harbour, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. We had to keep pinching ourselves to realise where we actually were! It was a scorching hot day and we had to get to Bradleys Head early to ensure we had a good spot to see all the fireworks. We were with Jo and Neil (who Andrew worked with at Herefordshire Council) and we also met up with Rich and Da...

Back to travelling then with a bang and a 10 hour overnight bus direct from Melbourne to Sydney. We arrived in Sydney at 6.00am very dazed and confused but excited to be in a new city. As we left it far too late to get into a hostel or hotel in Sydney, due to the time of year, we are staying with Connie Scurr in Pymble, which is North of Sydney. Connie is the mother of Bron, who is one of Caroline's good friends from Melbourne (are you still with us!) They have...

Christmas Day was spent in Colac with Sarah's family, Irene and Goff, Caroline and her children Sarah, Laura and Ryan, Mike and his children Ben, Jessie and Emily and Richard, his wife Gaylene and their children Isabelle, Ebony and Yianna - 17 of us in total! So as you can imagine it was a big Christmas and lots of fun, games and laughter. We had turkey with all the trimmings, were spoilt with lots of presents and had plenty to drink - I don't think Andrew went a...