We woke up this morning at around 8am. We got ready and walked up to the gym on the top deck where we had a bit of a look around then joined in with the Yoga class they had on. It was pretty funny because the boat was rocking slightly, every now and then everyone would hop to one side a bit. It gave the instructor a bit of a laugh anyway. After that we went down to the buffet and had breakfast. We filled up some water bottles with juice and water, then dropped th...

We got up at 3am this morning, finalised our packing, and then Darren made a pot of tea while I cooked up some scrambled eggs. Dad arrived right the minute I was about to dish up, and we all had some breakfast. Then we headed off to Tullamarine airport. We talked all the way up about families, especially all the things with Darren's new-found family. When we got to the airport, we checked in and went through security and waited around for a while until we were al...

Got up at about 9am, got ready, and went to the front of the motel, where we were met by The Happy Coach-a bus that did tours to Nimbin. A guy named Fred was the driver, and he was pretty crazy. We jumped on the bus, and went around and picked up a few more people – A guy from South Korea, a Spanish couple, our four American friends, and a disabled guy that was a regular. We left, and the bus trip was pretty cool, he played awesome music, and it was really ...

Got up about 8am, and finished packing, then got a taxi into the bus terminal at Surfer’s Paradise. Bought ourselves a couple of tickets for the bus to Byron Bay, then went and had Subway for lunch, had a look at a few shops, one where Darren bought not one, but 12 band t’shirts! Then headed back to the bus terminal and got on the bus. There were four American guys, and a massive Michael Jackson fan, and we spent the whole time talking about the diffe...