Sydney - what an amazing place!I arrived from the road trip in the Glebe suburb of Sydney.  I decided to head to Manley ( a suburb outside of Sydney) the next day to obtain my diving certificates from friends of the family.  As luck would have it, when i inquired about getting to Manley I happened to meet a guy called Rick who was heading over to Manley with his mate Steve to surf and he offered a lift from the hostel. ...

I think it is around 600km from Byron bay to Sydney but don't quote me on that!! Lerrisa was heading back to Melbourne with Katie who I'd met in Brisbane. By coincidence we were going in the same direction at the same time. Australians are very out door people because of the quality of their weather. Thus there are free BBQ's pretty much everywhere - you just get your food, put it on and off you go. I had a tendency to buy the BBQ backs of meat for a...

Having left Brisbane my original intention was to stay in Byron bay for about 3 or 4 days - I ended up staying 6 and then returning again after visiting Fiji. I stayed at Aquarius backpackers and started my stay with 2 days of surf lessons!! Learning how to stand up and catch waves was fun but to become a good surfer you need to practise everyday. The weather was gorgous with most people, not wearing alot, working on their tans. Cape Byron is the most eastern ...

Byroon Bay is gorgeous - i'm so loving it - its one of the most chilled out places ever - hey gotta go - just got a phone call - Im going to throw myself off a cliff hand gliding!!!.......more later!