So after flying back into Sydney from Alice Springs, I only had a couple of nights to spend here before catching my flight onward to New Zealand. Charlotte and I decided to head straight back to our friendly hosts and we just chilled for the evening and caught up on some sleep. Was nice to be back in a real bed again! The next day was spent doing not a lot as well really. We headed into town with all our bags and did a bit of souvenir shopping and took in the l...

We came into Sydney from the Blue Mountains and it was a bit of a nightmare trying to find Robs hostel. First of all it was rush hour so there were hundreds of cars which was pretty alien to us as we had spent the last month on long straight and empty roads! Secondly we ended up paying the toll charge twice as we drove straight through the city and out again, but atleast we crossed the harbour bridge by night! Arriving at Robs hostel, we cooked up some food and s...

We arrived in Coffs Harbour about midnight after a 3 hour drive in the dark and the rain and spent the next half hour searching for Robs desired hostel. After he finally checked in, we used the kitchen facilities but soon Dan and I were shouted at and thrown out for not being guests! So we sulked and ate our half cooked noodles in the van before finding a place to park up and sleep. We awoke in the morning to yet more rain and after spending the morning doing som...

We left Brisbane with a full day ahead of us and a plan to reach Byron Bay by lunchtime, including a stop in the town of Surfers Paradise. However we as soon as we reached Surfers Paradise we left as we realised it was basically the Benidorm of Australia - high rise buildings all the way to the beach and the place was full of tacky souvenir shops! After leaving Surfers though, Dan realised he had left his passport in Brisbane and we had to turn back, making what ...