Surfers Paradise eh? Hardly paradise in mine and gareths eyes it has to be said! After the bus trip from Byron, we checked into our hostel ("Cheers" - where everybody knows your name - wehey!) and went for a walk around the town and then the beach for a few hours! First impressions were that this town didnt really have a purpose - all of the high rise buildings were apartment blocks and hotels on a beach front! Then there were quite a few shops etc to l...

Hi Everyone!After my last entry, me and Gar headed out to Nimbin on a Road Trip - Gar was Goose the Navigator and I was Maverick the driver! For those who don't know, Nimbin is like this tiny place where drugs are pretty much legal (or at least the police turn a blind eye!) and is full of hippies and pot heads! When we got there it took us all of 5 minutes to walk up and down the high street and see the state of the locals! I think it took all of 12 seconds t...

Byron Bay...Home of the chilled out hippyish cafes and night spots, lush beaches, good surf, loads of travellers and great weather! Oh yeah and my cousin Sam...Some boy!After our stop in Coffs Harbour for the night, Gar and I caught the bus here to byron (only 4 hours or so-not as bad as the days before journey!) Sam met us at the stop and took us straight down the beach for a swim and a tan top-up...this beach was called Watego's and is where me and gar had ...

Hey everyone! Gareth and I have spent a good 4 days in sydney, had a laugh for sure! Done plenty of sightseeing like i did with greg, the opera house, harbour and gardens, plus we went to Manley beach and the aquarium in darling harbour! Have had a couple of great nights out...we met a lad called sean (millwall fan) on the blue mountains trip on saturday so we all went out in the night, funny times in the Kings Cross (mian clubbing part of sydney). Our last ni...

Hi!Well since greg flew home on sunday ive had a qutie busy week but also a bit of time to myself which has been good!Sunday night i went with Pete sanderson (sanders) and saw Sydney FC vs New Zealand knights in Aussie stadium...sydney lost 1-0 and NZ are bottom of the league...we reckoned it was a similar standard to Bristol City...absolutely dire! The best bit was that NZ had rather alot of Barmy Army fans who had made the trip from NZ - or maybe the pub down t...