HAPPY CHRISTMASwe arrived in sydney on the 22nd after a vERY early morning (4.30 precisely) to take the 7hour coach from port macquarie. we somehow found a pie shop that was open at this ridiculous hour and i somehow ate a chicken and noodle pie (which i never thought i could do!) and the girls had a sausage roll. the journey was a bit boring but managed to sleep with a crooked neck next to charlotte for a little bit. after our breakfast stop, we watched a film w...

hi everybodywe are now in byron bay, about 5 days away from arriving in sydney for christmas and sTILL having too much fun. we left noosa on saturday morning to go to australia zoo and then headed to brisbane that evening, where we stayed in the nICEst hostel so far with modern ensuite shower and bathroom. here's the update for the past few days:saturday: we met up with our friend niels from holland who we had met at airlie beach, fraser island, noosa and now...

6th - 9th december dear all.it is a bit of a rainy friday so charlotte and i are taking a rest after what has been a very busy week. we are currently in noosa which is a beautiful little town right on the coast so the beaches are lovely. we arrived on wednesday afternoon after returning from fraser island on tuesday night and LOVE it here. yesterday we went for a long walk through noosa national park right along the coast. we went in search of interested bus...

27th nov - 1st dec welcome to the next edition of my travels in paradise...we returned from our most amazing boat trip around the whitsunday islands yesterday morning and miss it alrEADy! we set off on tuesday morning and met the crew of POWERPLAY and passengers we would be spending the next 3 days with. it was about a 2 hour journey out to our first destination, and all the girls were straight out the front, sunbathing on the deck and in the jacuzzi. we had...

24th - 27th november last night we arrived at bungalow bay on the beautiful magnetic island. SATURDAY... yesterday was a bit of a disaster... charlotte wasn't feeling so great after our big night out in carins on thurs (well it was our last night!) and so we delayed our bus trip until 1pm. unfortunately it was delayed about 2.5hrs and we didnt end up arriving at the island until about 11.15pm, by which point we were pretty fed up! it was lucky we called ...