Day 85 -Surfers Paradise and Wet n Wild - Monday 9th January 2012 Early start today as we had a lot to squeeze in. We had collected our rental car the night before so we were all prepared and ready to hit surfer's paradise for the morning and move on to wet n wild for the rest of the day! We spent about an hour in our ultra-cool Hyundai accent and arrived in the concrete jungle of Surfer's paradise! The only way to explain this place is …. Well….. it's….. ...

Day 81, 82, 83, 84 -Byron Bay -Thursday 5th, Friday 6th, Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th January 2012 Byron Bay is one of those places that you hear all about before you've even stepped a foot in town. Everyone raves about how lovely it is - literally we hadn't heard a single bad word about it. Well, it's fair to say it lives up to its reputation; the beach is gorgeous, the town really quaint and filled with hippy types and lots of organic stuff - even the graffiti i...

Day 79 -Coffs Harbour -Tuesday 3rd January 2012 Off the bus and after walking the wrong way for 30 minutes, we gave in and called our motel only to discover it was back the way we'd come. We finally arrived at the Premier Motor Inn - it was like a little motel that you see in US movies, complete with a drive through reception! The lady behind reception was so friendly and as Australian as they come - we even got a g'day greeting. She let us check in early so we ...

Day 78 -Last day in Sydney and overnight bus to Coffs Harbour -Monday 2nd January 2012 Today was checkout day so we packed all our stuff up and gave in our dorm keys. The problem was that our greyhound bus wasn't until 11.30pm and neither of us fancied carrying our backpacks around all day!! Scott & Rhona kindly gave us one of their keys so we left our bags there and went to the Harbour bridge pylon (basically they are the concrete towers that are at each en...

Day 76, 77 -New Year's Eve 2011 and New Year's Day 2012 -Saturday 31st December 2011, Sunday 1st January 2012 Today was New Year's Eve but for me and Danny it was the big test… The alcohol challenge. We were off to Mrs Macquarie's point to see in the New Year and as this is right opposite the Harbour Bridge and opera house, it's a good spot for the fireworks. The problem is it only allows in 20,000 people and you can't bring your own drink, you have to purchas...