Brisbane & Byron Bay

We left Tamworth last Saturday evening and arrived in Brisbane Sunday morning. Nice way to save some money, didn't have to pay for a hostel that night.

Brisbane is nice, but in a way it's just another city. We stayed at a place called the Palace and in the basement was a bar called the Downunder bar. That place was packed every night. It's unbelieveble how some places are crowded with people all the time and others are completly empty no matter how good thay are! Strange..
I met up with Heidi and it was really good to see her again. I haven't met any other Norwegians. But a lot of Germans, Irish, English, Dutch and Danish!

17 of May was spent half the day in Brisbane and the other half in Byron Bay. So unfortunately I missed the parade..

So now I'm in Byron Bay. It's a surf town full of backpackers and the atmosphere really reflects that. We're staying at a place called the Arts Factory. Palm trees everywhere and a pool with a hot tub in it! Nice...

Last night went out to a bar to celebrate the Norwegian Independece Day. They had a didgeridoo contest (it's that long, wooden instrument that aboriginals play that sounds really strange) and everyone was dancing on the tables.
Today we tried to go to the beach, which is really beautiful, but the weather is a bit strange here, one moment it's nice and sunny, the next it's pooring down!! Crazy! That's why I left Norway!
Tomorrow I might go to a massage class to learn how to rub a body the right way.. Hehe..

I'll probably head back to Brisbane on Saturday.. And then keep going north. Em (an English girl I travel with) and I would like to go to Fraser Island on a kind of a JeepSafari and then most likely do a boat trip on the Withsundays. Maybe get a job on a boat for a few weeks, we'll see.

I'll keep posting stuff here to keep you up to date, but I don't know how often I'll be near a computer.. More pictures will come it's just a hassel to find a computer that I can upload them..