Hey everyone! Well we've done so much since our last blog so this one might be a bit of an essay! We arrived in Rainbow Beach at around 7pm on Monday and went out for dinner, which was more difficult than we first thought as Rainbow Beach was so small that it only had one cafe which was open! Tuesday morning we explored Rainbow Beach although no rainbow coloured sand was found so we're not quite sure where the name comes from. We had our Fraser Island br...

Hey Folks! On our first full day in Brisbane we headed over to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary which was about a 40 min bus ride out of town. We saw lots and lots of koalas which were all asleep - very cute but not really doing much at all! After listening to a very informative talk about koalas (where Jen and Sam found out that they are not bears at all but in fact marsupials) we went to feed some kangaroos which was lots of fun apart from all the slobber and a p...

Hello everyone! First of all we should let you know that we are now only 10hours (rather than 11hours) ahead of England as we have arrived in Queensland which has a silly time difference from New South Wales. Got to Surfers on Sunday, and were greeted by a load of sky scrapers which is a big difference from Byron Bay. Surfers is very built up and touristy but not neccessarily in a good way. Spent Sunday afternoon exploring and sunbathing by the hostel pool. We...

G'day Folks!You will be pleased to hear that the weather has improved since our last entry which has meant we have been able to get out and enjoy Byron Bay! We had a quiet night on Tuesday as we went to the local cinema to see Notes on a Scandal, which was quite a good film. Wednesday was another uneventful day due to the rain, until the evening when things livened up. We joined in the hostel BBQ and met some fellow Brits who we played some drinking games wit...

Hello Everyone,After another long night bus we arrived in Coffs Harbour at 6.30am. We were collected from the bus by our hostel, which made a nice change! After kipping on the hostel sofas for a couple of hours we headed to the beach, which was very quiet and good for swimming as the waves were not as big as in Sydney. Went out for lunch in the Jetty area of Coffs then headed back to the hostel for a swim in the pool! In the evening we went out for a nice thai me...