Simons despatch: Byron Bay 'Chill out under sunny blue skies in Byron bay' the LP promised us. Sounded good so off we toddled from Sydney to Byron on a 12 hour train ride.... to be greeted by rain! Luckily not the British, all day, kind of rain but more the tropical, big cloud with vertical rain for 5 mins then nice for awhile, kind. Byron Bay is a very artistic, musical, hippie, surf centric place and we stayed at the musical epicentre - the Arts Factory. Thi...

We've been on this train for ten hours now, only two more to go. Luckily it's comfortable, we're well supplied with books and we've been eating our way through the tough times (breakfast, elevenses, lunch, tea (twice) and a tasty dinner is imminent). Oh, and I've taught myself how to crochet. We're on our way from Sydney to Byron Bay and so this seems like a good time to say what we've been up to in Sydney. Sydney is a lively city, laid back but metropolitan. N...