I had to get up early today to check-out of my hostel at 10 and then wait around to check back in to a different room at 2. This was a bit of an annoyance really as I had to pack all my stuff up and leave it down in the lobby, before bringing it back up later in the day. While I waited to check back in, me and two others from my original room decided to attempt a walk to the lighthouse at Byron, Australia's most easterly point. We walked for about 10 minutes befo...

Woke up today to really heavy rain. This meant my plan of going to the lighthouse was out the window! I got up late anyway so made my breakfast and had a bit of a chat with a few people in the hostel. Most of them traveled alone but somehow they are all from Sweden. At this rate i think no Swedes are ever actually in sweden! I've met loads! They were really cool people and their English is good which helps! I decided to wonder around the town and shops just to ...

The bus journey wasn't too bad in the end, tried to sleep but only got a wink. I arrived at Byron Bay at 8am and went straight to my hostel, dumped all my bags and tried to regather some energy. In doing so I met up with a girl from the coach and as we were both waiting around because we couldn't check-in yet, we decided to stick together. We just chilled out to start went for a wonder to check out the beach and as Amalie was going on a kayak tour I thought I wo...

So today was a waiting game. I had to check out of my room at 10 as always and needed to catch the 4:16pm train from Katoomba to Sydney. So lots of time to kill. I just chilled in the hostel most of the day, did a bit of shopping for my journey this evening but just ate and listened to music in the sun. I hopped on the train back to Sydney and then waited for my bus to Byron Bay. I was originally planning on going to Coffs Harbour on the way, but I was told its...

Small trail done, today was time for the bigger trail. I started earlier and walked down to the Scenic Railway, past the little information point there and walked west away from Katoomba. It took me about 2 and a half hours to get to the Ruined Castle. It was a great walk! The weather was much better than yesterday and the wind kept me cool. The path was much more technical than the previous one and therefore much less touristy which meant it was really peaceful....