Tuesday 8th April...................Fraser Island Ok, I will start by explaining what Fraser Island is and what the 3day + 2night trip included! Here goes... Fraser Island is the worlds largest sand island. It was created when the Glass House mountains (from the aboriginal stories) eroded and the sand then created these massive islands full of thick forest. Only 4x4s are allowed on the island and the trip was a three day, two night self drive safari. Being u...

G'Day mates...ok so I have lasst spoken about our eventful last night in Surfers Paradise...now we are onto Brisbane... Friday 4th April..........Surfers Paradise - Brisbane Check out of my accommodation for 10am and I go to meet Annabel and Helen at the beach, I go to see Backpacker World and try to find out more about changing flights on the way. I browse the shops and see some funky bright orange sunnies that I have to have!! As they will co-ordinate with m...

Surfing continued... Ok so I hit the surf and it is the best thing ever, one of the amazing instructors helps me the first few times to stand up and then I manage to do it on my own, I only stand up for a few seconds at the start but then I manage to ride a wave all the way in!! It was so much fun, the waves weren't too big so it was good to learn, although I had many nose dives and wipe outs! One time I hit a huge wave I was so high and then crashed down being ...