Friday 23rd March: Today was another relaxing day by the pool, really nice atmosphere in this hostel. Had $5 pizza for dinner which was yummy! Went for a drink with Vick and Gem and got a free cocktail in a jam jar which was different! Saturday 24th March: We had a look around the shops, really unique and quirky things for sale, Em bought a dress. We went to a book exchange shop but the woman said her business was doing so badly she couldn't exchange the ...

Thursday 22nd March:We had a relaxing day by the pool today and Em played catch in the pool with guy from Coffs Harbour - well, attempted to. Soph opted for the sun lounger and we had a really nice day just chilling out and working on our tans. Had a really nice dinner of jacket potato which made a nice change from pasta and then we got ready to go out. We met Vik and Gem's friend Candice and Laura and played drinking games round the pool with a pack of ...

Wednesday 21st March: We were going on 'Jim's alternative tour' to Nimbin today...and alternative it was. We had previously heard that it was slightly 'weed' orientated but we didn't realise quite how much of the day revolved around it. The bus picked up at 10am, well we say bus but it was more of a camper van painted in flowers and reggae music blasting out the stereos. The first stop of the day was.......the pub. We had a couple in here...

Tuesday 20th March: Em had a pleasant surprise this morning when she woke up with a rash on her eye! concerned, she went to the chemist who didn't exactly put her mind at rest when he said 'ooh yes i've never seen anything like that before, if it gets worse head straight for the doctor! thankfully it went after using a very powerful face wash that left Em's face stinging for about half an hour. (it's gone now so don't worry) We had a loo...

Friday 16th March: Got up and went straight to the beach, it was really nice, there was noone on the beach so it was very nice and peaceful! The water was very nice and warm so spent a couple of hours there until we went back to the swimming pool a the hostel. So nice to have a pool, and sun loungers for once!! Cooked a storm up for dinner of Spaghetti and cheese on toast. Starting to crave roast dinners, looking forwad to the 5th August meal - Em's started ...