Friday was the end of our road trip...we strolled around Surfers Paradise for an hour and headed to Brisbane. Surfers Paradise is not what I imagined...it had a lovely long white sand beach with great blue sea, but right next to this was a load of skyscrapers. All hotels! It was weird and not much was going on. It didn't take us long to grasp the vibe so we headed off to finally arrive in Brisbane. We found a hostel in West End for Lisa to stay and park he...

On the evening of the 22nd we walked along Byron beach and grabbed our first coffee together! It was great just to sit down and chill in a coffee shop, it felt like I hadn't done that for AGES. Even though my Chai Latte was $5, it was so worth it. We did a quick shop, went back to our camp and got ready to meet Alex, my Sydney friend I met in Vietnam! She was in Byron with some friends for the week so we managed to meet in the evening and had a good catch u...

We spent most of the day Friday exploring Coffs Harbour, its beaches and jetty. It was a lovely place in the sun with great places to chill with a picnic looking out at the sea, beach and harbour. We went to see this 'Big Bannana' that was one of the touristy 'things to do/see' that we were told used to have an indoor ski slope but someone defrosted the snow and it was too expensive to replace so they had to change it into an ice rink, bowling alley etc. So ...

Road Trip Number 3 has begun...so Monday morning I woke up to the sound of the sea and looked out to see the sunrise - it was beautiful...you will see one photo of the sunrise in my Sydney album...I took from my bed J The surfers were also up in the sea catching the waves...yes they are bonkers! 6am and they are feeling energetic enough to jump into the sea, paddle out and surf! Although hey, I did manage to get myself out of bed and went for another jog. Lau...

Wednesday 10 April I was up at half 8 making Ruby a ginger and lemon hot drink as she was still feeling ill. She called in sick at work and ended up staying in bed for the rest of the day. When I eventually got out the house I had a wonder around Bondi Beach (on a glorious sunny day I have to add) which was really pretty - white sand, blue sea, cliff edges and a nice grass area. As the sun was up the vibe around the beach town was buzzing, people sunbathing,...