Were now in Surfers Paradise, we did not go surfing however as the weather was so bad the whole time we were there! except this morning, we decided to have some fun and go zorbing! we are inside this giant inflated ball with some sort of liquid and we basically walked off the top of the hill and rolled and tumbled all the way down! was so much fun, best ride weve ever had!!

the next pic is us with ingrid and rowen, we went to the ripleys believe or not museum and we are standing next to a model of the tallest man ever, i think he was around 9ft tall! his feet and hands were huge! he only lived to his 20s though. oh, then theres a pic of me on the surfers paradise beach, the sky cleared up for about 5 mins and stopped raining so we took a quick stroll on the beach before it started raining again! whoever said it never rains in australia is a liar!

Because of the bad weather we didnt really do a lot in surfers, we went shopping and got some bargains in the sales, wondered around the local town a few times, the weather was just so bad you didnt want to leave the hostel! it was in surfers that we bumped into 2 guys from sevenoaks, had no idea they were out here, they were checking out as we checked in! random! another small world story, sleeping in our hostel was a guy from bognor regis who randomly asked who my worst pupil was at bognor school and it turns out hes travelling with my nightmares brother! random again!

on the way to byron bay we had a quick stop at the queensland - new south wales border so here we are in 2 places at once, not sure why we are doing such an awkward looking pose!

Byron Bay!! this place was just BEAUTIFUL! everything about it, the culture, the town, the beach, the weather!!! gav and i hired out bikes for the afternoon - proper hippy bikes where you cycle backwards to brake! was a lot of fun, we cycled to a lighthouse where the eastern most point in australia is so he we are next to the sign post!! we took a walk down to the rocks at the bottom, had a paddle at a small cove/beach at the bottom and saw dolphins swimming in the water! was really cool! they weren't jumping around but they were coming out the water! was cool to see them in a natural environment! when we came back up the top because the water is soooo clear, we could see them swimming under the water too! bloody amazing if you ask me!

hope all you gorgeous people are ok, we are flying to new zealand tomorrow, ready to leave sydney and start the next adventure!! xx