Vegas baby! So we left LA and made our way to Las Vegas through what seemed like an endless amount of desert. The closer we got to Vegas, the higher the temperature rose and by the time we arrived, it was around 43 degrees! None of us were prepared for the heat and at first it was pretty hard to breathe! As soon as we arrived we dropped our bags to our room and went for a wander around the hotels and casinos. The hotels in Vegas are just crazy, they are all hu...

The reason we weren’t totally devastated to leave Hawaii was because we were heading to one of our favourite places in the world - Santa Monica, LA! We were meeting up with Rachel (Rhi’s sister) and Mike (Rachels fiancé), who had been travelling around California since arriving in San Francisco about a week earlier. They picked us up from the airport and took to the awesome apartment we rented for our stay. Having been to LA a couple of years ago, we decided...

Aloha! A 10 hour flight took us from winter in Australia, and being 9 hours ahead of home, to Summer in Hawaii and 11 hours behind. This gave us an extra day in Hawaii, perfect! We stayed in the Waikiki area of Honolulu on the island of Oahu. Our hotel was a block away from the beach (about a 30 second walk) and in the middle of all the shops, restaurants etc. The location couldn’t be better. Waikiki is a really popular place with plenty of holiday makers eve...

This place is like nowhere else we have been in Australia! it’s a really alternative and super chilled out little town, which is probably why we liked it here so much. Although it’s a got a little too much of a hippy vibe, but that’s what makes it what it is. We stayed in Byron Bay for 7 nights all together and just planned to relax for the whole week. Byron Bay has very good surfing spots and is very popular with surfers, so Phil made the most of his fin...

Surfers Paradise & The Gold Coast Our next destination was surfers paradise on the lovely gold coast, we decided to hire a car and drive down from noosa to surfers. It was a great idea as we got to drive along the coast and stop along the way allowing us to explore more of the sunshine coast. plus it was also easier to travel with our bags and my surfboard, which we just managed to fit inside this little rental car. We safely arrived on the Gold coast, and...