Australian Peter Gardner continues to languish in a Chinese jail as his travel companion settles back into life in Sydney's western suburbs after an extraordinary drug-smuggling ordeal.

Kalynda Davis, who made international headlines when she was stopped at Guangzhou airport following the discovery of 30 kilograms of ice in luggage, has spent the summer recovering from the ordeal with trips to the beach and new photos showing off the short bob haircut forced upon her while in jail.

Spent the summer recovering: Kalynda Davis.

Her friend and travel partner, Mr Gardner, 25, is approaching his third month in a Guangzhou detention centre without being charged.

Chinese authorities have stopped commenting on his case and his family, from Richmond in Sydney's north-west, declined to talk.