13th October - 28 December 2007 I know I have been really lazy with this journal since getting to Sydney so heres a whirl wind entry to at least get up to December before we went to New Zealand for New Year! My excuse is that with working we dont really get upto that much in the week and the weekend is just spent going out or going the beach so have nothing to report but will give a quick rundown anyway... The rest of October was spent settling into city livi...

22nd September - 12 October 2007 I know, I know, I know I have got a lot of catching up to do and I apologise for the length of time it has taken me to get round to writing this blog! Well settle in for a long one!! 22 September we set off from Byron Bay and spent 13 hours on a bus getting to Sydney. We had planned to meet up with Sam whom we had travelled through Asia with but we didnt get to the hostel called Wake Up until midnight so hit the hay as we had a...

Byron Bay - 19th - 21st September We stayed at the Arts Factory - very alternative! Byron Bay was really chilled. The first day we got there, me, Si and Ang went round the shops and then hit the beach. That night Si, me, Dan and Dave went out to the Buddah Bar where they had Cuckoo Pete and a fire show, we then followed onto Cheeky Monkeys. Ang didn't come out with us though. It was a good night and the following day was a lazy one spent recovering and wa...

Surfers Paradise - 15th - 18th September We really enjoyed Surfers Paradise it was great fun. It was only an hour and a half from Brisbane so once we checked into Hostel we headed straight to the beach to see our first proper glimpse of a beach for a while. We spent the afternoon on the beach and then headed back to get ready for the, "Backpackers Big Night Out" bar crawl. We paid approx 10 pounds for free punch at our hostel for an hour, then free ...

Brisbane - 11th - 14th September We spent the whole of the 11th on the bus to Brisbane. The following day we walked around the city centre, our 1st city since arriving in Oz and then went down to the botanical gardens and walked along the river front. We also met up with Louise who we met in Cairns, she was i nBrissy for a few days visiting her boyfriend and was also staying at Tin Billy's hostel. On the 13th (Dom's Bday - happy bday Dom - i did originally ...