I arrived in Brisbane about tea time. I was in a room full of Asian girls and after a bit of confusion over which bed was mine I got settled in. I went for a walk to find something to eat. I found a nice street full of shops and cafes. There were bands playing and street entertainment. Everything was really modern and new looking. It was also very clean, no rubbish anywhere or graffiti. It was perfect. I walked around for a quite a while looking at things and wat...

I got the bus to Surfers Paradise in the morning and Howards was also on the bus. We arrived around lunch time. I was staying in a different hostel to Howard but we arranged to meet at the beach in just over an hours time. The hostel was a 15minute drive from the bus terminal. In fact it was more in Southport than Surfers Paradise. When we arrived the first impression wasnt that good as right outside the hostel was road works. Lots of noise and banging and of cou...

I caught the bus at 6:45 in the morning and on the way I saw some Kangeroos in a fields at the side of the road. They were in the distance but they were the first Kangeroos I had seen. I arrived in Byron Bay and there was a man holding a surf board that said YHA on it. He was my pick up. We walked two minutes down the road to my hostel. I checked in but the room wasnt ready yet so I just left my bags in the room and went to explore Byron Bay. I headed towards th...

The overnight bus was a bit disappointing, not at all like South America. Where was my champagne, roast beef dinner, blanket, pillow, a game of bingo, films to watch and most importantly a reclining seat? No where was the answer. The seats did go back a tiny bit but it was just a normal bus. At least we got two seats each so I could put my feet up. I set my alarm and tried to sleep. I was awake ages before my alarm at 6:10am, we were almost there. I was to get of...

I flew into Sydney at 8am and got my bags and im pleased to say they let my half a bottle of HP sauce into the country. I went outside and got the free shuttle bus to the Base Hostel. I checked in and then went exploring. I walked down George Streetas apparently the Opera House was at the bottom of the road. The people in the street were mostly smartly dressed business people and the ladies all had very high heels on. The buildings were a mixture of old stone bu...