With the bus booked, now it was just a case of seeing the rest of the sites! i started by going to see Sydney fc play! it something i had really looked forward too! to be back at a football ground, the noise, the smell, it was like i was at home! it felt good, but it was slightly odd they had stopped selling programs! which was a shame as i have a program from every team i've seen play! i also wondered how you knew who the player were! but it was ok because i act...

At the start of getting to Byron, i started to realise the Australian leg of my tour was coming to a close! with only a month left, and once spot X was over, all the things i had booked through Peterpans would also come to an end! So coming to Sydney it felt different to arriving in all the other places, one because there was no real plan just rock up and do the touristy thing! and two i was beginning to get tired of the back packer life, and i was totally ove...

While in Rainbow just after my 2nd surf lesson i decided to go in to Perter Pans (my local backpacker travel agents) and see about other surf schools down the coast! the 1st one there told me about was the Mojo surf school! and it sounded very good, but i was very happy to hear that they were running a surf school new years eve special!! running from the 30th- 2nd! and as i had no accommodation at this point for new year it sounded perfect! There is a lot o...

Byron Bay is a massive surfer town and once Christmas was over, surfing was the next thing on my list, as Noosa had been a bit of a let down and Brisbane lack of beach would of made it hard for even the most committed of surfers! but due to cyclones of shore the waves were stupidly big! crazy in fact! no where was hireing out boards which was a good thing because i would of killed myself just trying to get out! myself and Bart had just gone in for a swim and t...

Byron bay Byron was always going to be a messy one but, it started off being a very confusing one!there had been a few of us back in Cairns, who had arranged to meet up for Christmas! and while travelling south i soon realised that i would be spending Christmas with a a lot more people i knew! we were all staying at the YHA in Byron bay! Now when you get of the greyhound, it's normal to see lots of reps from hostels there, to pick you up! or advertising...