The bus was another overnighter and 14 hours in total. This was a painful one as I could not get comfortable or sleep! I felt the full 14 hours and have never been so relieved to see the Sydney bridge! We had finally reached our destination. We checked in and dumped bags as the beds weren't ready. It was nice knowing where we were and so headed out for a wander, picking up a few essentials including a new suitcase with wheels as my rucksack has had enough! Back...

Monday Woke up for our last day in Byron and had an early breakfast ready to get our stuff together and check out. We decided to leave our bags at the hostel so that we could go out and do our final lot of exploring. We wondered into town for a sushi lunch. The proper kind with the conveyer belt and coloured dishes. It was really good and I'm glad I managed to convince Mel to try something new - even if it meant a few little white lies on route. I did tell her...

Sunday Woke up this morning feeling a tad delicate and minus a few memories from the night before - may have been a good thing. After the first attempt at getting up we decided to go back to bed and wait for the sun to come it. It shortly obliged so we went down to the beach for the day. Byron really is a beautiful place and the beaches did not let down. As it began to get cooler we walked back to the hostel and started the fun task of washing clothes. We dec...

Friday We decided to wander up to the town after breakfast and have a look around the shops. It's a nice little town with a lot of surf shops. We then went to the travel agents to sort out Zealand which is now a week away and then to a bead shop where we made our own necklaces. Back at the host we finally figured out why there were no saucepans available when we tried cooking dinner - apparently you have to hire them from reception which is a tad weird. Anywa...

Thursday Got up early to catch the bus to Byron Bay via Brisbane. Turned out to be the same bus that took us to the zoo the previous day. 3 hours to Brisbane, an hours wait in the coach terminal and then 3 hours to Byron getting us in around 4pm and unfortunately into the rain! We got the shuttle to the hostel and checked in. On heading out to look around the hostel we met 2 Danish guys and ended up chatting to them for a few hours. The four of us then went t...