Hello all from the VERY lovely and very sunny Byron Bay!! This place is absolutely beautiful!!! Brilliant white sand with crystal clear water,great shops, great food, great surf! All with a friendly laid back charm! (it does have a still thriving hippy commune just 20 mins away!!)We came here from Coffs Harbour a couple of days ago and have really enjoyed ourselves. We spent a nice day on the beach today soaking up the sun, and swimming in the warm water.When we ...

Hello again from Coffs harbour, a nice little seaside town about 9 hrs north of Sydney on the train. We arrived here last night after a very boring train journey, looking at the nice weather outside - waiting to be confronted by the impending rain, rain and ..... yep more rain!!! we did not travel across the world for their summer to be rained on!!!!It is really nice here despite the rain, and the hostel is good, especially compared to the one we stayed in in Man...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!Hope you all had a good new years eve?! We went to Sydney Harbour to watch the fireworks and they were brilliant!! We ( sarah, pete, kim and kims 2 friends from home abi and tony) took the train down into sydney for NYE. It was a 2 hr journey which we helped pass by through drinking our carefully concealed goon (what the ozzies call wine from a box [from the aboriginal word for pillow, i.e. the silver bag inside]) in our water bottles. ...

Well hello again, we know it has been a long time since the last entry but the computers here are shockingly rubbish - and it costs us at least $4 a go!!!Since the last entry just after Neighbours night, we had those few nightmare days hunting for a campervan when we struck gold, we rented 'Roy' (our deluxe 4 berth motorhome) for only $5 a day, but the only downfall was we could only pick it up on xmas eve, and it was due back in Sydney on Boxing day. On ...

Hello all from a rather stormy but pretty Kiama!! We are about 2 hours down the coast from Sydney at the moment and the heavens have just opened up and it is absolutely pouring down outside!!! We arrived in Kiama this morning on the train ( when it was boiling hot!!) and have had a nice stroll around the town. it is a really nice little place - very Australian i guess. For the first time since we landed i think we have felt like we are actually in Australia.Sydne...