We woke up on the bus the next morning after a debatable nights sleep on the coach but we were so excited to look out the window and see we were driving across the harbour bridge along side the opera house! Once checked into YHA Central we met up with Louise for some well needed Nandos! It was awesome to see her and hear about all her travels so far...after some planning on christmas and new year we met up with Seano the next day to finalise the festive plan! Aga...

We arrived in Byron bay in some ridiculous rain even Manchester would have been proud of, so we waited under the bus shelter until we plucked up enough courage to make a dash for our hostel 'nomads'! As the heavens had opened we spent the day wandering around all the local handicraft shops and mooching about the town- even in the horrendous rain it was obvious this place was sooo nice! That night we headed out with a group of guys we'd met further up the coast......

Surfers Paradise is not exactly what we expected, we had visions of a small little town with a cool beach and amazing waves however we arrived to sky scrapers along the sea front! It was a pretty cool town though with what turned out to be a very good night life- it would of been rude not to take advantage of it!First day we headed for the beach and the waves were MASSIVE! Rich had a go at taking them on but soon came back looking battered and bruised! That night...