Hello hello! I am slightly hungover still (thanks Robert!) but will try and write coherently! OK starting at the beginning, on the weds after we got here, we went and did an official tour of the Opera House...it was very impressive, although cloudy weather was a bit disappointing. It was so hot though! Anyway back to the tour...we had a very enthusiastic woman called Trish, and I now know more about the Opera House then I ever though possible! Seriously it was w...

I think I promised in my last entry to talk about my day surfing....well suffice to say I was not up on the board and riding the waves after only 3 hrs in the water, but I did try and I had a fabulous time. We spent most of the time being knocked out by the boards and landing on our arses, but a great way to spend an afternoon. Was probably the first time we have spent so much time in the ocean in Australia, although i doubt the dudes who were teaching us could h...

We have moved into New South Wales....how exciting, so it's now 11 hours time difference! Anyway I tried to write this under the title Byron Bay which is actually where I am, but it wouldn't let me and weirdly Hippie Land was ok with the computer so there you go! It's actually true, I have seen so many aging hippies/ crazily painted combi vans everywhere, and there's loads of beads etc etc. You can actually do a day tour here called Grasshoppers ...