20 - 27/1/09 Our first couple of days were spent looking all over the place for hostels that would let us work for free accommodation. First of all we went to Bondi, but had no luck, so we went on to Kings Cross. Nothing there either, so we tried some in the CBD/Chinatown. Still no luck, and to add insult to injury, free parking was extremely hard to find, and when we finally found somewhere, we came back to find that we'd got a $135 parking ticket for parking in...

13/1/09 The next morning we began our journey down to Canberra. We stopped for the night at Port Macquarie, a place with beautiful views over its harbour and beaches. Before we arrived here, however, just as we were about to pass through Coffs Harbour we saw a sign advertising a Surfing Museum, so on an impulse we went in. We didn't have enough spare change for the $5 each entry fee, but the owner let us in anyway! It turned out he was a famous surfing star a few...

11/1/09 When we left Brisbane we made our way straight to Byron Bay, but stopped at Surfers Paradise for a little bit on the way.The beach looked lovely, though crowded, and appropiately the waves looked ideal for surfing, but the streets next to it were too built up for our liking. They were filled with skyscrapers, fast food joints, estate agents etc., and a couple of building sites. We moved on, and arrived at Byron Bay in the early afternoon. We liked Byron ...