I got up at 6:30am and decided to explore before I left Noosa. I walked up Hastings Street which has really trendy houses, including one that had water running down the lounge window to look like a waterfall. I then walked through the National Park which had really nice walks and a stunning view of the beach and mountains behind. I then did the coastal walk down to the beach which has crystalline sand. It was white and amazingly soft. I paddled and watched t...

I got the coach at 7:45am to go to Australia Zoo. When we arrived at I went to the lockers to put my bag in one of the lockers and thought I'd wait for another of the people from my coach to come along to see if they'd like to share a locker to make it cheaper. A guy who I recognised came along and I asked him if he wanted to share a locker and told him that I promise I wouldn't steal anything from his bag during the day. He introduced himself as Tom and I ask...

I had to get up at 6:45am to catch a bus to Brisbane. I arrived at 10am weirdly as they are an hour behind in Queensland and checked in at my hostel called Tinbilly's which I had deliberately booked as it's opposite the bus station to give me precious extra minutes in bed! Unfortunately it was raining when I arrived so I headed out with my rainproof and decided to have a look at the shops whilst the weather was bad. The clothes are much cheaper here than in Syd...

I arrived at Byron Bay at 7:50am after a 12 hour journey on the coach. My friend Becky had messaged me to say that she was staying at the Cape Byron YHA so I got picked up by a guy working at the hostel and she'd left a message saying what room she was in so I checked into that room too. We caught up over a cuppa and then headed along the main road of Byron to explore. We popped into one of the travel agents and booked in for an afternoon's surfing lesson. We...