Been in Sydney now for a day but I've deliberately avoided seeing all the sights just yet as the weather has been really overcast, and I'm holding out for a nice day to really appreciate what Sydney has to offer. So instead, I've spent a lot of my time in the city centre finding cheap food/drink places and finding somewhere to stay. I have, however spent most of my time in internet cafes trying to sort out my travel and accomodation arrangements for New Zealand. ...

I left Brisbane after 4 nights, and then made my way to Australia's Gold Coast, to a place called Surfer's Paradise. The nightlife there was pretty full on and intense, so I had a heavy 3 nights there, then hopped on the next bus down to my current location, Byron Bay. I've only been here one day but I have had a very good first impression of it, and I'll be settling down here for about a week or so. It'll make a nice change from just doing a couple of nights in...