We hired a car from Brisbane and drove along the Gold Coast to Surfer's Paradise. On the way we entered a tropical storm...and when I say storm, it absolutely wacked down! We couldn't see where we were going at all! Got to our hostel, 'The Islander Resort'. This is a backpackers hostel that shares the facilities with the hotel facilities. It even had a sauna and steam room! Surfer's is a wicked place, it's where it is all happening. It's got a beautiful beach ...

After a long bus journey (again!) we arrived in Brisbane. We had a cranky bus with no air con, it was so hot! As we were entering Brissie, I saw big sky scraper buildings, and masses of built up area. Nothing like what I've seen before whilst we've been travelling. We stayed in a hostel called 'The Bunk'. It was a wicked boutique type hostel, it even had hair straightners to hire! Of course I didn't need them coz I brought my own! We stayed in a part of Brisb...

Arrived at Rainbow Beach after a long 13 hour over night bus journey from Airlie Beach. We arrived at 'Dingos' in the centre of Rainbow Beach. Rainbow Beach is a little village with a beautiful err beach and a couple of cafes, shops and usual pubs! We stayed her until Thursday 6th December where we met 10 of our friends and went on a 3 day/2 night 4WD safari and camping trip to Fraser Island. We had to have one other person in our truck to fill it up. We got giv...

G'day! Weds 28th Nov - Sun 2nd Nov Arrived at Airlie Beach late afternoon after a long 6 hour bus journey on 28th November looking forward to a few days able to chill. Every other day since being in Oz has been non stop! We stayed in Bush Village Backpackers, about 1km out of town. The room was amazing, no ants or cobwebs! Even though it was a little way out of town, it was worth it because of the lush room! The hostel offered free shuttle bus runs to town al...

Magnetic Island We woke up early (again!) at Mission Beach to catch the Greyhound Bus down to Townsville to catch the ferry over to Magnetic Island. On the bus on the way down we stopped at Cardwell on the way where I recognised a girl (Kerry and her mate Cherryl.) I met her whilst we both were throwing up on the boat on the way to the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns! As it turns out they were travelling to Magnetic Island and staying at the same hostel as we were!...