Unfortunately the weather in Surfers Paradise wasn't much better than it was in Brisbane. My frist day here was very cloudy and grey with heavy rain every now and then. I didn't come all the way to Australia for this!My new hostel seems nicer than my last one, however I was stuck in a twenty person dorm. I had booked my room when I was staying in Airlie Beach but the number I was given was not for the YHA in Surfers but for one 25km south! So I had to tak...

Jim, Alex and I got the bus to Brisbane where we went our seperate ways but planned to meet up again while we were all in town.I managed to check in to my hostel ok but unfortuantely I got the impression that it wasn't going to be the best hostel I have stayed in. The staff were unfriendly and very unhelpful and there wasn't anything organised to celebrate Christmas. This was rather unusual as so many of the other hostels I have stayed in had something or...

Finally left Rainbow Beach, a day later than planned. After a morning spent relaxing and walking along the beach I caught the bus for my two and a half hour trip to Noosa. My friends from Rockhampton, Jim & Alex, were on the same bus, heading to the same place, staying in the same hostel and leaving for Brisbane on the same day. I guess it's a good job that I stayed that extra night after all.The hostel itself was alright as they go. However it was p...

Everyone went their own way the next day. Alex and Jim stayed at Hervey Bay to plan the rest of their trip and Johnny and Dave left early to drive down to Brisbane and then travel on to New Zealand. I have arranged to meet up with everyone again though. I moved on to Rainbow Beach. Rainbow Beach is tiny compared to everywhere else I have been, or probably will go on this trip. Its population is only 1,000, which increase to 5,000 at high season. As with Airl...

Early in the morning we all squeezed into the car, along with all our bags, to start the drive from Rockhampton down to Hervey Bay. We had already made the decision that we would make a day of it and stop off at a few places on the way.Our first stop was a set of caves just to the north of Rockhampton. These were really cool. I would have loved to have gone round and explored on my own but we weren't allowed so we went on a guided tour instead. This lasted fo...