After arriving in Byron Bay, a really nice town right on the beach I chilled out with the people I met on the mojo surf trip. We went out to party a few nights and did a daytrip to a small town west of Byron Bay called “Nimbin”. It’s the weirdest town I’ve EVER been to… They call it the Amsterdam of Australia, so I thought I would feel right...
Monday morning was an early one, as I had to catch my mojo surfbus at 7 in the morning. After meeting the guy driving us to Crescent Head, a 23 year old surfing dude, we headed off. The drive from Sydney to the surfcamp took about 6 hours. We arrived at the surfcamp early in the afternoon. After a big lunch we got us all a wetsuit, brand new ones, they had only been...
Thursday I went to Manly again on the ferry. I met up with Mark and a danish couple he met in Tasmania. We chilled out in a bar near the beach and later on we had some food in a foodcourt in Manly. After catching the ferry back I went straight back to my hostel. I was incredibly tired. I felt I really had to grab me some sleep for a change. I had a good night sleep...
The last day in Melbourne I met up once more with the guy I had been playing poker with before. He came to the city to say goodbye. We had a drink and we went to eat in a Japanese restaurant on Federation Square. He insisted to pay for the meal, which was really generous as well. I also met his brother and his friend, who we by accident met in the city. After dinner...
After visiting the Grampiens I had a quiet sunday. I had to do some webdesigning and that evening we went spotlighting together with George, Sue and Linda. It was quite an experience to drive through the dark with a big spotlight, searching for wildlife. Unfortunately we didn’t find any kangaroo’s. It was a nice experience anyway. Monday we helped Sue out...
After wandering around Melbourne for about 2 weeks it was time to do something different again. Firstly I met up with a guy I happen to “know” through the internet for many years. He invited me to come and play poker with his friends on friday night. Since I’ve only played poker twice in my life, I wasn’t really sure whether it would be a good...
The last week I’ve been enjoying the city-life of Melbourne and the beach-life of St. Kilda. With the accomodation in St.Kilda you get the best of both worlds; nice laid-back holiday atmosphere near the beach and one tramride away from busy Melbourne. Last week I’ve been to the cinema with two Irish guys I met in my hostel. We went to the cinema which is...
Well.. It has almost been a week eversince I first arrived in Melbourne. Melbourne is a really nice city with lots of shops. It has a new festival every month, so there’s enough going on. The city is very ‘alive’, I think even more than Sydney. People told me Melbourne is even more laid-back than Sydney, but I am not sure whether I can agree. Maybe...
Wednesday morning we; Peter (Brisbane), Carlene (Canada), Sarah (UK) and me, woke up early to get our rental car, a convenient Toyota Camry. The weather wasn’t too great, so it was actually a good day to have a roadtrip. After finding our way through the center of Adelaide, we headed to the Great Ocean Road. The highways were actually as I expected them to be...
After arriving on Kangaroo Island by the ferry I headed to my hostel which is just a 1 minute walk from the ferry. I met this canadian guy in my room with who I went to drink some pints in the local pub that evening. The next day I did the highlights tour with a bus which drove around the whole island. I got to see some very beautiful scenery and some really nice...