Well, today was certainly interesting, if nothing else! I wanted to celebrate my birthday today as I am now sticking to my original plan and heading off up the coast on Thursday. Thus, I didn't want a big night out on Wednesday night if I had to get up early and pack and get a train and all that sort of thing. I thought it might be quite nice to see in my actual birth-day as well. I thought I'd have a nice relaxing day on my birthday - go and get a pedicure o...

Brisbane - Sunday 12th April 2009 Well, the rain just poured today. Great, isn't it? I'm sure I've said it before, but I didn't think that I'd really have to worry about rain over here, but obviously I've learnt that I do have to!! So, today I just tried to plan the rest of my journey up the East Coast. I've had a bit of input from Ian - Marion's husband - which has been useful, but I was hoping for some nice sun on this part of the coast and the weather for...

Had the whole day in Mur'bah as my bus to Brissie wasn't until 8:35pm....wasn't sure what to do with myself at first but Esther decided not to get a bus until the late afternoon, so we hung out until she had to get her bus. Froukje had got on an early bus as she was off to Byron Bay to go to surf camp. The sun shone like a good 'un when we first woke up and so we both thought that we'd take a nice walk to the new art gallery on the other side of town. I wanted...

Had a bit of a lazy morning today, as got up a bit late and didn't really do much. Esther went off on to Mount Warning with Tassie and a few other people, leaving myself and Froukje to sleep in :D The weather wasn't looking too great - bit overcast and so on, so we crossed our fingers for Esther that they'd have a good view up there. Froukje and I didn't know really what to do with ourselves and by the time we got ourselves ready to go out and do the Toilet Wa...

The weather in Byron turned out to be rubbish. First thing in the morning wasn't too bad, though it looked a little cloudy and grey. I had hoped it might just stay a little grey, but as I went to get my breakfast, the heavens just opened and the rain fell. Am I in London or in Australia? Honestly. So, bang went my walk to Cape Byron and I had a little wander around town, and sheltered in a nice cafe with some juice and some hot chocolate. Before I left, I a...