Wednesday 20th January We woke up early morning, I did a meditation and phoned Nick then when I returned back to the van Lisa was flapping around over a giant spider she'd seen in the van. I wasn't sure how 'giant' it would be as I knew she was scared of spiders as much as I am, yet wasn't taking any chances so called over a nice Australian dad to get in our van and find it to get rid...I can confirm it was a beast of a spider and the man was laughing at our mis...

Tuesday 19th January I didn't sleep very well due to the heat but got up to a cloudy morning and went for a walk around the town centre, popping in at the hairdressers to see if we could get in. I managed to get an appointment for a trim at 12 at 'Edge' and then went back to the campsite, grabbed a towel and a book and went to lie on the beach for an hour. Whilst I was lying on the beach on my own, I had a lovely surprise in opening my eyes to see a young boy ...

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 ...