We left Christchurch in the afternoon and drove across to Akaroa on the Banks peninsula. It was dark when we arrived and after searching for places to stay for free but failing, we stayed at another holiday park. It was still relatively early so after dinner we went for a walk around the town. It was a bit like a ghost town, it was really dark and we started to question if anyone actually lived there. At 9pm the first pub that we walked past looked to be closed b...

We landed in Christchurch in the afternoon. Me, Grace and Elena were on one flight and Charlie was on another, she landed 2 hours after us, so while we were waiting in the airport we tried to make some plans. The flight was awesome, we got lunch and had our own screens so we could watch films for the three hours. Due to the recent earthquake, most of Christchurch is still not open and that applied to hostels too. We ended up staying in a cabin on a holiday park n...

It was late when we got intk Sydney. Elena had reserved us beds so we didn't have to spend ages walking around the city. It was an alright place but none of us managed to get any sleep, for we had a snorer in the room. Not just your average snorer who every so often will make a noise, this was a constant stream of loud sound. Not even playing music with headphones on could block it out! In the morning we moved hostels and went to a cheaper area of the city. We t...

We arrived in Newcastle in the morning and spent the next few hours trying to find a supermarket so that we could cook a well-earned fry up. After a night sleeping on the bus, you need some good food to cheer you up. Most of the day was spent walking along the high street doing a bit of shopping and in the evening our hostel had a free barbecue. We went to a bar/ restaurant and got unlimited hotdogs, although I ate so many that I began to feel a bit sick. They di...

Byron Bay, possibly the nicest mainland place on the Australian East Coast. We got there in the morning on the Monday and spent the day having a look around, it's a pretty small place and we got back to our hostel early in the afternoon. I also found a Macbeth shoe shop that had just opened and they were selling shoes really cheaply, so I treated myself to a bargain pair of new shoes. I'm now carrying around 5 pairs of shoes, which is really unlike me! The hoste...