30/11/2009 - We got the bus from byron bay in the morning and it only took a couple of hours to get to Surfers Paradise. When we got to the hostel we got put in an eight bed dorm which wasnt that nice so we decided to treat ourselves and moved to an apartment which was amazing. After we walked down to the beach and walked along the beach onto the main street and did some shopping. We went back to the hostel and jsut chilled out in the apartment and had some dinne...

20/11/2009 - We arrived in Byron Bay in the late afternoon and we booked into a hostel called Holiday Village Backpackers and we stayed in a 4 bed dorm with Alex and Kim. Our room was really nice it was like a little apartment with a kitchen and lounge area and our own toilet and shower. For dinner we went over to a place called cheeky monkeys with everyone from the bus. They did $5 meals and really cheap drinks so we stayed in there most of the night and Alex wo...

19/11/2009 - We had to get up at 5:45am to get to the oz experience office in sydney to get the bus up to surf camp. On the map we thought it would be a 2 hour journey or something but when we met the driver he told us we wouldnt actually be getting there until at 5pm! When we got to the office we met a bloke that we started chatting to then more people started to arrive as the office opened. We met a couple from Red Hill called Alex and Kim. The bus drivers name...

12/11/2009 - We left Alice Springs and flew to Sydney, the flight was only 3 hours so went quite quickly but with the time difference we didnt get to our hostel called Kangaroo Backpackers until 6:30pm. When we got to the hostel we were shown around by two young english lads who run the hostel. Our first impressions of the hostel were good, it looked really nice and there were lots of young people, most of them english! We put our bags down in the room and then w...