a really cool city with a good vibe. having dropped the van off we checked into a cool hostel with a great location in the centre of the city. memories of san francisco came to mind with its similarities. we arrived during melbourne cup week with with what seemed to be the whole city dressed for the races! the horse racing appeared to take over everything and there was a great feel to the centre of federation square with the big screens, live music and everybody ...

this was just wicked!! we met up with our group the first day we arrived and got everthing sorted for our trip, buying in all our shopping and planning our very vague itinary. an early start the second day, up before 6 to pack the toyota 4x4 land cruiser (ensuring the seven crates of tooheys were properly secured!). caught our ferry over to the island and began our adventure as tom took the wheel to drive down the dirt tracks through the forests. took our time ...

well we've continued our journey up the coast from port macquarie through a very quiet place called coffs harbour. we had booked a couple of nights here and really didn't do much but lay beside the pool and visit the beach. we then travelled up to a cool beach town called byron bay. here we experienced our 1st nightmare...we were lying on the beach soaking up the sun mid afternoon and the sky began to gather cloud, as the evening set in it turned grey and ev...

well we've continued our journey up the coast from port macquarie through a very quiet place called coffs harbour. we had booked a couple of nights here and really didn't do much but lay beside the pool and visit the beach. we then travelled up to a cool beach town called byron bay. here we experienced our 1st nightmare...we were lying on the beach soaking up the sun mid afternoon and the sky began to gather cloud, as the evening set in it turned grey and ev...

more chillin out and soaking up the sun!! x