Rainbow Beach- Sydney

After Airley Beach I headed down to Rainbow Beach, just to break up my journey to Byron Bay. I had a great night there, but was very pleased to have just stopped there for one day. The beach was pretty and the sands were colourful, but there was very little to see and not really a lot going on.

Byron Bay on the other hand was a lot of fun. Everyone in my dorm were lovely and really great to be with. There were four other girls in the room and we just chatted about everything that girls do.

The beaches in Byron Bay were spectacular, beautiful long white sand beach with blue water. I went walking on the beaches and one morning decided to get up really early to watch the sun rise from the most easterly point of Australia.

I got up at 4.30am to walk to the lighthouse. It was really quite scary. There were lots of bats and other night time creatures rustling about in the bush. Once I got there it was spectacular to see the sunrise out from the ocean and clouds and how the light changes the colours of the landscapes. My walk back to the hostel was great too. I saw lots of insects and birds going about their morning business, before the light got too strong for them.

I headed down to Sydney after Byron Bay. The coach journey was fun. People on the bus were really friendly. The bus went through Brisbane and Surfers Paradise. I am pleased I did not make a stop here, as I had really chilled out in Byron Bay and was not quite ready for sky scrapers and all that goes with the city life.

Though once I arrived in Sydney I was really dazzled by the mix of contemporary and Victorian influences on the city's buildings. I met up with Gemma and had a look around the harbour and botanical gardens. In the evening we had a night out on the town. It was great to see Sydney's nightlife.

I was staying in Kings Cross. Everyone told me not too as it is the red light district, but it was actually fine. Some of the shop names amused me a lot! But the hostel was great and so were the people staying there. We all had a night on goon- on Mad Monday. We had to play drinking games on this stuff- its called goon, its made from the rubbish they can not put in bottled wine and costs AU$7 for 4 litres. Very cheap! We all went on this pub crawl and were given lots of free drinks which caused us all to be so, so drunk. The next day the entire hostel were sleeping until about 2pm.

Sadly I had to leave Australia a couple of days after this. I was not really sure if I wanted to leave or not. Its a beautiful place, with a lot going on and great weather. Maybe I will return one day.