We flew to Ballina Byron Bay airport with the intention to stay for a week with our 2nd Helpx hosts Donna, her husband scott and thier two boys. Our accommodation was a one bedroom studio in their back garden which was lovely, the biggest bed we have ever seen. That night we all had tea together around their family table and got to know each other. The following morning we did our 4 hours work to earn our keep. I (Ryan) cleaning all the inside windows whilst Meg...

Sorry for the lack of blogs since Meg's birthday weekend as you can probably guess we have been on cloud 9 and enjoying ourselves too much to sit down at our laptop. It all began on Friday evening we finally went to Luna Park Sydney and had the time of our lives being big kids going on all of the rides. 2 for 1 tickets made it all that much better too! We got back just before mid-night and made Meg's birthday cake - Vanilla sponge with lots and lots of icing, w...

We arrived at castle cove greeted by our Chinese hosts. Very smiley but rubbish English, he showed us to our mini apartment and left us to it. We had to call them back because the apartment was dirty, so we went off and left them to clean it. When we came back with our food shop it was spotless and the outdoor pool on stilts overlooking sugar loaf bay was out of of this world. Very clean and refreshing! On Saturday Night we went to the Mardi Gras a gay and les...

G'day! It's our last nigt in Abbotsford tonight. We are sleeping in the very rustic converted garage, fairy lights and the outdoors. We've got insect reppelant sprayed around the perimiter of the bed- i think we will need it! The last time we spoke we had just arrived here so weve gotten up to a lot! We took the kayaks out and ended up getting pulled out with the current too far but luckily eventually made it to the closest beach and then had to carry our heavy ...

We are now in our new accommodation, what an upgrade! A double memory foam mattress, floor space and room to unpack. FAB! We are living with 4 other women in a big house with a huge garden, granny flat and BBQ area with water front views. In yet another expensive part of Syndey - Lucky us :-) Since we last spoke we have done Bondi pool, had amazing fish and chips for two on Bodni see front for £12!!, shared a lush pitcher of 'Life's Peachy' cocktail, visited Wa...