So now onto the trip between Sydney and Melbourne! Well we had decided to hire a car for this section as the Oz Bus had ended in Sydney. It was going to work out seriously cheap compared to any other options so we went for it, and better still this meant Lynn was going to come with us to Melbourne which was great! We picked up our Hyundai Getz on Wednesday morning and drove over to our hostel (after a bit of scary traffic) to pick up our lives in our ruck...

Sydney!! Woo Sydney, we left Surf Camp at 7am on Sunday and got driving. We had a long drive so the driver put 2 films on and everyone slept pretty much. We got to Sydney in really good time (about 3pm) and checked in to Base Sydney. Team Extreme were all in the same room for the first time! This was great :) We were all very tired after the long day and we were aching all over from surfing (it was worth it though - everyone wanted to try again) so we had a q...

So Surf Camp! We left Byron Bay at 8am with Muppet, our driver. We were in the tiny green bus which was annoying as they are pretty cramped and not very comfortable so we just grinned and beared it, we didn't mind as we were finally altogether going surfing! We had planned this, all the Irish, Gillian, and the whole of Team Extreme! Excellent! We got to a stop for food, and stocked up for provisions as surfing was going to be tiring we were told. We drove to Sp...

Byron Bay!! One of my favourite places along the coast I have now decided looking back. It was very chilled out, a true hippy place with really nice shops, a good beach and not too commercialised (there was no McDonald's!) Gillian got dropped off miles out at a place called the Arts Factory - stay in a teepee very hippy! We got to our hostel and got checked into an apartment. We had to pay a 10 dollar deposit for a top sheet! We said er...no! Towels and j...

Woo Surfer's Paradise!! With Coaster our driver (a typical hot aussie surfer dude!) we cruised into surfer's about half four that afternoon, got unloaded at the transit centre and got to our hostel. It was really nice, but quite far out of the main area of surfers. We got into our room (which was expensive and thoroughly complicated payment method which got confused with paying a deposit through booking on hostelworld!) and we were in the room with Lynn. ...