***DISCLAIMER*** Rather than give you a day to day synopsis of our time in Byron Bay, I'm going to keep this blog relatively short. Only because it'd just be a very repetitive read of: relaxation, getting drunk and enjoying the beach/town. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy! The drive to Byron Bay was another long journey but the scenery kept us occupied as we caught glimpses of the gorgeous gold coast. We were stopped at a viewpoint that may not have showcased som...

Our departure from Sydney was a shocker, 6:00am start followed by the Oz Experience driver 'Woody' (a woman) driving off with the trailer door open which then went at war with a tree - safe to say the tree won! But anyway, new trailer hitched we were on our way to surf camp at the secluded 'Spot X' south of the golden coast. Our first day was due to be a 8-10 hour drive but unlike the greyhound bus services we'd be entertained along the way. Woody was actually ...

The flight to Sydney can only be described in one word... Tiring! We had pulled an all nighter because the flight was at 7:00am and it really took it's toll as we landed in the 4th country of our travels. The journey from the airport to our hostel was largely unorganised as we waited around for a poorly run shuttle service to get it's act together. But at the same time it gave us the opportunity to take in the sunshine (yes, sunshine!). However, on arrival to Ba...

With our vans gone it was back to using the trustworthy public transport... Damn! But before that we still had unfinished business up in Blenheim. Christabelle was kind enough to offer us a couple of nights in her hometown to show us the sights. It was safe to say that 4 gents 4 huge bags and all the borrowed blankets weighed the car down a wee bit but we were soon on our way back up the east coast! On the way we stopped off at the in incredible ohua waterfal...

It was strange and a bit depressing to think we'd only got 3 nights left in our vans. Time certainly had flown and it only felt like the other day when we picked them up in Auckland. But hey, that was over 5000km and 30 nights ago... From Murchison and our white water trip we continued across to Hamner Springs, an alpine town just off the east coast. On arrival we felt like we were up in the alps as the place had heaps of log cabins, huge fern trees and had tha...