Fun at "Kellermans"! We woke up this morning and walked over the golf course to the nudist beach! Even though it was quite cloudy, and we could hardly see the other side of the beach, we decided to sunbathe as it was still hot. There were loads of crabs all over the beach that kept digging holes in the sand with their claws. When it started raining and we had sand blown all over us we finally gave up and walked back to the lodge. Later we went for a wa...

"Get naked, it's great!" Another early Greyhound journey this morning, to Byron Bay. We arrived at about 1.30pm in the town centre, which on first impression seems exactly like the surfer towns I imagined Australia would be full of. We took a taxi to the Byron Bay Beach Resort where we're staying for the next four nights. We were a bit worried about what it would be like, as we're not paying very much for what the website says it has. It's fine though ...

Feeding all food cravings! Big lie in today, which was punctuated by calls from Lis and Em (so nice to hear from Emily for the first time since we have been away). When we did get up, we realised that a guy had moved into our room overnight - luckily he was really nice, and I think a bit embarrassed to have been put in with four girls! We walked down the road to a restaurant for lunch and I had soup, which I had been weirdly craving! Then we went to the beach - ...

"Can I actually bowl in Australia?!" We left Newcastle relatively early again today and took the Greyhound to Coffs Harbour, where the shuttle from the Aussitel hostel picked us up. By that time it was about 5.30pm, so we settled into our room, had a look around the area and then got ready to go out. A group of us went to the local bowling alley, where I discovered I'm a lot better at at bowling here than in England (I usually don't score for the first...

North vs. South We got up in time to meet the Greyhound at 7am this morning. Too few lie ins recently! We travelled to Newcastle (not the hometown of Ant and Dec, but a little town just North of Sydney, a bit like Eastbourne!), and then checked into the YHA hostel. For the rest of the day we lay on the beach, which was beautiful and really quiet. In the evening we went with some people from the hostel to a restaurant and bar overlooking the harbour. There was a ...