We had a quick stop in Newcastle to see my friend Kate and also for Clare to take pictures of all the road signs. If you don't know, Clare is from Newcastle in England so seeing signs for places she knokws at home got her very excited!!!! We got an overnight bus down from Byron Bay and arrived in Newcastle at 7.30am. I had not managed to get much sleep at all on the bus so it was going to be a test as to whether I could stay awake all day. We were staying in the...

So I know it's been a while since I last updated my blog but I've been really busy so this is going to be a long one! Last time I wrote I was on my way to Magnetic Island in northern Queensland. I absolutely loved it there. So much so that we extended our stay by a night (unfortunately we didn't have enough free days to extend it by any more). We stayed at this really cool hostel on the beach called Base Backpackers. It had a great view of Townsville and out to ...