We finally decided not to buy our friend's van but still haven't really decided on traveling vs staying in sydney. In the meantime, we met up with our English and Scottish friends Rachel and Joanna we met on the Mundaca boat in Fiji, hired a car for a week and worked our way up the coast towards Brisbane. We made it to Byron Bay on Sunday where Charlie and I spent his 28th birthday (also our 4 year anniversary!) at the fantastic Music Festival, followed by two nights of camping in Rachel's friend's backyard in a town that would have been at the center of a volcano 20 million years ago; and finally another homestay at yet another fellow Mundaca crew member's house in Brisbane! It's been a nice little road trip apart from all the rain. Next stop is either back to Sydney or some camping/fishing/surfing on some isolated beaches.