Today I left Hervey Bay at 7am and got on a Greyhound bus (10 hours trip) passing through Brisbane and finally arriving in Byron Bay at 5ish (you add one hour on when you enter N.S.W.) I walked around Byron a bit dazed as I'd been sleeping on the bus. I went to about 10 hostels and they all had no vacancies. I asked a guy if he knew of any hostels with vacancies, he said "no, welcome to Byron Bay". It's a popular place. Eventually I found a hostel tout who s...

I got up around 9 and checked out and said goodbye to the Canadian guys and Mike. I spoke to Dave the owner who told me my key hadn't been found by the cleaners so I lost my $16 deposit. I was pretty pissed off as I left it next to the computer so someone has taken it for no reason!! I was waiting at the beach bus stop when Laura (Canadian girl) appeared and said that her and some of the other girls were going to rent a car and head to the Blue Mountains (t...

I got up around 11 a little hungover and with a terrible drouth. I went to the supermarket and bought cheese, tomatoes and a big baguette. I then went back to the hostel and prepared my lunch. I ate my baguette on the rooftop but had to flee indoors as there was fork lightning and thunderstorms. I spent the rest of the day watching Australian TV as the weather was so bad. They are obsessed with sport; any sport! I watched beach volleyball, fishing, cycling a...

I got up around 9 and got the train to Bondi Beach. it was so hot-must have been 30c! I checked in to my bohemian hostel which is so laid back and backpackerish. I met all the guys in my dorm and then one of the guys (an English Pro-Golfer) asked me if I wanted to go and snorkell so I did. I found the snorkel a bit difficult at first and swallowed pints of sea water before getting the hang of it! It was amazing seeing the fishes and some were huge blue fish (may...

Hi guys, I got up this morning and I decided to go to Cogee Beach but the weather was so bad (heavy rainstorms)so I decided to just chill in the Botanic Gardens. However I did go to the Tropical Centre which was really cool. There was an exhibition about insect-eating plants which was interesting. I walked around the city centre and went to a few malls (just to window shop obviously) then I visited the Library of New South Wales which was excellent. There w...