On 26th January 1788, captain Arthur Phillip came over on one of the 600 ships from England and formally declared possession of the colony, New South Wales and was placed as the first governor general!!! It's a major cultural day filled with a variety of feelings and associations! Due to the historic basis of the day, it is sometimes considered with resentment by indigenous people who rightly refer to it as 'invasion day'!!! Happy 'Australia day' people!!! The ...

The card games lasted until we were kicked out and the rest of the night is kinda blurry, mainly due to the heavy rainfall that simply won't let up! Made a new friend, Brian the Irish who's an engineer in Brisbane, just on a weeks holiday down here!!! The rain kept coming so it had to be the cinema! The Dutch girls were going to see iron lady but I saw that last week so I donned the sexy glasses and enjoyed 'hugo 3d'! Mayo and Ellie informed me of the staffs be...

French, german, canadian, Dutch, Irish, english, Australian people, random sightings, the lighthouse, holiday village, beaches, surfing, sunshine, beachy bar, cocomongers and copious amounts of vodka and Pinot all make Byron bay, an outstanding place to be! Loving playing 'bulls***' with the French! Every cards a magic card for Stephane!!! Still laughing about when he told me 'im just going to put my dress on' ha ha. Managed to get my tea cooked again, thanks v...

Got woken up at god knows o'clock to hear all my Dutch roomies sounding extremely pissed off! When I asked what was up, milo replied, I felt something dripping on me and then I realised, Alex, (the extremely drunk teenager) was above, uuuurrrrgggghhhh all of a sudden the top bunk is not so appealing! The longer I'm here, the more I'm loving Byron bay, it's unique mix of leisure and energy is infectious! It's one of Australia's best beach towns! Low rise, funky, ...

Spoke too soon, I now have 3 Dutch room mates to share with for the next week! Their English is good and they think this hostel is 5 star after camping for the last month! Supermarket shopping at woolworths, done and now off to the beach for a surf with Stephane!!! When trying to communicate with the French, I'm beginning to think that 'je remover ma hoover' in my French oral exam wasn't such a smart ass thing to do at all! Just went out for a surf and decided...