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BARRINGTON TOPS: Location = middle of nowhere (but not as much as Stanthorpe)

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

After leaving surf camp we had quite a long drive to Barrington, our final destination before hitting the big city of Sydney!! Emma bought a bag of balloons and we wasted ages blowing up all 100 of them until the bus was packed with balloons and the outside was nicely decorated too!! A “bug-grid” was […]

SURF CAMP - First rule of surf camp = look cool, have fun!!

Sunday, April 9th, 2006

We set off to Surf Camp with a really cool busload of people (lucky really becasue we were with them all the way to Sydney) and a really cool driver, Emma.
The surf camp was at Arrawarra and after arriving and leaving all our stuff in the rooms we went out for our first lesson!! I […]

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 […]