Monday 18th January We woke up a bit tired and dehydrated from the night before, I made my usual phone call home and then we were rushing to be ready for our 8.45am pickup. Crazy Terry was phoning me to hurry to the van as I was still waiting on Lisa, and when we got there he was in a frenzy over getting to the beach before this other surf club did in order to get the 'good' spot. We hopped on the bus and joined a crowd of others from all over Europe, I purposel...

Saturday and Sunday Saturday I was awoken by Jess popping her head in to say goodbye to me before going off to work as said a big than you to her. The rest of us sleepily woke up, Lisa and I had breakfast with Debbie and David before getting on the road for our long 5-6 hour drive to Byron bay. We again said a big thank you to Debbie and David who had been the most welcoming hosts I've come across and were lovely characters to have met to make us feel like at h...

Friday 14th Jan In the morning Jess had gone to work and it was storming outside. Lisa and I chilled out and had some breakfast chatting to Debbie and David, and they gave us waterproof jackets and an umbrella each as we planned to visit Billabong zoo for the morning. We set off and the first stop at the zoo was the Koala talk. Walking into the area and seeing them snuggled up into little balls was great. They were even cuter than what I had expected and at the ...

Wednesday 13th Jan We had to check out by 10am and I was in a really bad mood as I hadn't slept much at all. We did our usual of grabbing breakfast and packed up some lunch rolls and got on the road by 10.30am to head to Sara's in Umina. I drove and it ended up taking us around 2 and a half hours after we'd stopped off a few times. On our arrival, Lauren had left us instructions on how to get in as they were both out at work, so we got sorted and shortly after L...

Tuesday 12th Jan We woke up to the sounds of nature which was really pleasant, had coco pops (so nice to be able to have cereal for breakfast and not egg on toast like everyday in Asia!) and made a couple of toasted ciabatta batches to have for lunch on our walk. After paying the rest of the balance at reception (it's $55 here a night as we have a separate bathroom), I had my first go at driving the campervan to Katoomba falls which was a 15 minute drive away. T...