Our flight from Fiji to Darwin via Brisbane was a little late leaving the runway which concerned us a bit as we needed to change from the international terminal in Brisbane (and in the process, customs, quarantine and passport control) before rushing across to the domestic terminal where our connecting flight from Brisbane to Darwin was departing from. During the flight we had some turbulence which was a little scarey but we landed safely. Unfortunately due to s...

As Fiji is so close to Australia, we took up the opportunity to visit the country. We arrived into Nadi airport, Fiji on 24 November. We booked to stay for just the 5 nights as we were a little unsure of the weather. Yahoo weather didn't give us much comfort with its prediction of rain, thunder and lightening for the entire length of our stay.  On arrival we received great service from passport control to exiting the airport. It was very efficient. We had our ...

So it was 00:30 early on 20th November and we were waiting at the bus stop ready to board the Greyhound coach for the 10 hour journey south to Sydney.  The Coffs Harbour trip had proved to be a bit of a disappointment as it had rained pretty much non-stop for the entire day we were there.  Anyway, the Greyhound was due at 00:55 so we could put the bad luck behind us. There were only 5 people at the bus stop and it was getting a little cold when the time appro...

After tucking into breakfast at the hostel in Byron Bay, we left on the free shuttle bus to town. We got some cash from the bank, used the internet and got the 12:30 coach to Coffs Harbour which was scheduled to take 3.5 hours. We arrived into Coffs Harbour in the pouring rain knowing that the rest of the day would be spent undercover. Our tour book said Coffs is viewed by many as having the best climate in Australia. Just our luck to arrive when the world's clo...

We arrived into the hippie town of Byron Bay passing many cafes, restaurants and shops. We were happy that we had organised to stay here for 3 nights as it looked pretty cool. We were greeted by Carly, our hippie shuttle bus driver, who took us to the Arts Factory hostel where we had booked to stay for 3 nights. Carly likes to play her ukelele, is seriously chilled out (she is so laid back that she is almost horizontal) and wears no shoes. She is as hippie as yo...