We were on the bus from Coffs Harbour to Byron Bay at 7am and arrived in Byron at 11.30am. We were previously warned that there was no point in going to Byron unless you had accomodation booked as it was peak holiday season and everywhere was fully booked. But we thought we would risk it anyways as the worst that could happen would be that we couldnt find anywhere and would have to rent a car and sleep in that for the night. We trawled around town for an hour and...

We checked out of our Sydney hostel at 10am but had to amuse ourselves for the day as our bus to Gosford wasnt until 7pm that evening. Luckily there was a free bbq at the hostel which we took full advantage of to pass the time. The bus journey was a short one and we arrived in Gosford for 9pm where our aussie friends Chloe and Alex were waiting for us. We then drove for half an hour to Copacabana beach where Alex's beach house was, it was beautiful and we had our...

We got to Sydney at 12.30pm after a short 3 hour drive from Canberra. We found our hostel very easily but it didnt make the best first impression. It was an old scruffy building but right in the heart of the city so it was a perfect location. This was our home for the next 10 nights. We dropped our bags off and got out of the hostel straight away and checked out all the main sights...darling harbour, harbour bridge and the sydney opera house. The next day Christm...