After staying with Ben (Lucy's cousin/winner of The Best job in the World) in Brisbane we got the bus to Byron Bay and checked into Cape Byron YHA, good hostel with our own room. After tagging numerous photos we wandered around Byron and got started on the Goon!Then we headed to Cocomangas for free drinks and Cheeky Monkeys for a dance on the tables! The next day was spent nursing hangovers lying on the beach!(tough life!) When we'd fully recovered we headed to ...

Ok so it may be a long post because it as been a while!After spending a few very drunken nights in Cairns we headed to Mission Beach so the girls could go White water rafting which they assure me was AWESOME! I chilled out on the very picturesque beach but no swimming in the sea due to nasty jelly fish! Off to Townsville to catch the ferry straight to Magnetic Island. Stayed at Base which is the only hostel on the East coast right on the beach. The weather was b...

So Zoe and Lucy finally arrived after getting what was probably the last flight out of Europe! We greeted them in true friendly style whilst they were trying to sleep after the flight! We went to get our bearings around Sydney then some Mexican food! (not very Australian but still good!) Next day was spent organising trip down the east coast in Tribal travel, lots of advice and free stuff (including pancake mix mmmmm!) Booked flight up to Cairns along with many ...

So its been a while! We have just arrived back on mainland Fiji from our island hopping adventure! First stop was Mana Island (have u ever been?).This was basic to say the least... although we did get 2 beds, and a fan which we learnt, after speaking to a few people, was a luxury in this resort! Days were spent sitting on a beach and the evenings.... well Mana is known as the "party Island" so we sampled the local bounty rum.... and got a sore head or ...

Again photo is not where we're staying but we are near a beach! We will get some photos on here soon for you guys to see the progression in our tans! So we've been in Paihia just over a week now and are having a great time. We celebrated Grace's birthday by going on a boat trip to try and swim with dolphins. The trip was amazing and we saw two pods of dolphins (common and bottlenose). The bottlenose came right to the front of the boat where we were sitting on th...