The morning of the surf camp we were woken up at the crack of dawn to get the best surf conditions. It was much calmer and much more productive, actually managed to stand up quite a lot. The instructor even used the words "you're a natural", yeah right!! After lunch we head to Byron Bay via a trip to Coffs Harbour briefly. We saw tons of Kanagaroos here, very cute. In Byron we stayed in a cabin on a caravan site. Our tour leaders did us a mega Barbie (with lots ...

Left Sydney at 6.30am meeting my new tour group, 35 of us. The tour is called Topdeck and the tour leaders are great....Woody & Deano. Everyone seems really nice and a real mix of ages, so not the oldest one thankfully. We arrived in Crescent Head where we stayed at a surf camp called 'Surfari'. Very rustic place, we had to drink rainwater and eat organic food. Straight into our 1st surf lesson. It was a very gentle introduction to surfing, which I thought m...

After spending a lovely 10 days in Sydney over new years with a lovely family in Newtown its now time for the travelling up the east coast to start. I am in a Hostel called Wake Up! tonight in central Sydney. Then at 6.30am I leave on a coach trip with Topdeck tours called 'Island Suntanner'. It is 14 days covering Byron Bay, Brisbane, Fraser Island, The Whitsunday Islands and finally ending in Cairns. Feeling a little apprehensive about meeting all the people i...

HAPPY NEW YEAR....spent tonight at Dover Heights looking over the Opera house and Sydney Harbour bridge. Amazing!!