Hey, I'm getting really bad at keeping this updated. so from now on I'm just going to do little bits each day. probably better and more informative then me every so often remembering i haven't done a blog for a while and cramming everything in.

Over all we spend just under a week in Byron bay. the place is great fun and defiantly worth a stay, but I'm afraid we needed to move on. i bought myself a $20 greyhound bus ticket from the receptionist who I'd be pestering all week about loads of little things (think she was quite happy to see me leave). After arriving in Surfers Paradise on the gold coast, i waited for what seemed like hours for Chris and the yanks we'd met to find my hostel.

Surfers Paradise turned out to be awesome fun. we spent 2 days completely chilling out on the beach opposite our hostel. One of the night there was Erin(one of the yanks) birthdays so as you do when went out to celebrate. At this point i was introduced to something worse the tequila shooters. The "Irish Car-bomb". Pint of Guinness with a shot of Jameson's and Baileys dropped in it. The idea is to down it before the baileys curdles! Sweet Jesus I've never had a head rush quite like that.

After Saying our goodbyes for the last time we set of to the greyhound stop once again moving further up the coast, this time to Brisbane. unfortunately i was only there for about 24hours but got to see quite a lot of the city in this time. nice enough but I'm glad I'm not staying here any longer then that. My flight to Cairns was hard to wake up for. 5am this morning i was, 5!!! so far this place seems really nice and laid back. not like the other cities we've been to up till now. i think I'm going to enjoy my 3 days here. I've now left Chris to his own devises in Brisbane whilst i move on with my trip, by going to New Zealand on Tuesday morning.