After Lucy's birthday in Byron Bay, it was time to move on again.We got our stuff sorted out and had a quick breakfast before hitting the road, heading west back to the Pacific Highway before turning north and carrying on up the main road.We didn't really stop until we crossed the state border and entered Queensland, and even then we weren't keen to stop as we entered a world of flashy highrises bordering the long golden beaches as we cruised up the Gold Coast on...

We got into Byron Bay in the late afternoon and drove through the small town to a holiday park right down at the beach. Although fairly pricey for a place to park the van, the park had an amazing location right beside the town centre and backing onto the beach so we decided to go for it.After parking up the van we went for a look at some of the nearby shops and the beach just in front of the park. Stretching out for ages in both directions, the beach was fantasti...

We got up on our last morning in Sydney and finished packing up our stuff at Gary and Rayes', before heading out towards the train station again. After a couple of train journeys, one involving sitting beside a mother with her three kids screaming and climbing all over the train while she sat doing nothing (a fairly common parenting technique in Australia we've discovered) we arrived at our final stop near the airport. From here we had a rather uncomfortable walk...

Following our last sleep in Melbourne, we spent most of the morning packing and travelling to Avalon airport, a fair distance from the city. After a succession of trams, a bit of walking and a long coach journey we made it to the airport, got checked in and chilled out with some lunch before eventually catching our short flight to Sydney.At Sydney airport we were met at the baggage collection by an old friend of mine from school, Gary, and his partner Rayes. They...

We arrived at Melbourne airport in the evening after our short and unremarkable flight from Christchurch. After a while waiting for our free shuttle bus to fully load we eventually got on our way to the city, getting a good view of the downtown skyline lit up in the distance as we drove along the highway.The bus took us past the city and south to the suburb of St Kilda, dropping us off first at our hostel. After getting checked in and dropping off our bags in our...