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BYRON BAY

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

Stayed in Byron Bay for about 4 days. Didn’t like it as much as Surfer’s Paradise even though usually people prefer it!! Had a couple of sunny days so we lounged by the pool (cant believe how nice some hostels are) or on the beach and spent every evening at Cheeky Monkeys, a backpackers pub/club/restaurant […]

SURFER’S PARADISE (aka Sufferer’s Paradise)

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Finally escaped Brisbane (our only aim recently) and headed for Surfer’s Paradise with a brief stop-off to go Zorbing!! Zorbing is when three people get into a big plastic ball with some water and then get rolled down a big hill and its soooo much fun!!!
At Surfer’s Paradise we got a lift to our hostel […]

THE GRAPE ESCAPE My short vegetable/fruit picking career

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

After doing nearly everything Brisbane has to offer and being sick of my 31 roomates (29 if you count the fact that I actually liked Louise and Katy) we set off for Stanthorpe (location: even more in the middle of nowhere than the cattle ranch) for some fruit and vegetable picking!!!
Me and Lousie arrived the […]

STEVE IRWIN’S ZOO - “Crikey”

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

On Sunday 19th March me, Louise and Katy went off to Australia Zoo (aka Steve Irwin’s place) for the day!! We got up really early and went to the transit centre and eventually made our way to Beerwah. The train tickets dont tell you anything, not even where you’re going; there’s just codes on them […]

BIGGEST DORM IN THE WORLD??

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Me and Katy arrived at City Backpackers yesterday and it turns out we hadn’t misheard the girl when she said our room had 32 people in it!!! Thats 16 bunkbeds!!
The hostel is nice and small (getting bored of HUGE places where you never really talk to people - unless yo’re discussing printers) and there’s a […]