Saturday 11th November We had a 4 hour journey down to Hervey Bay and then arrived at Beaches. We just relaxed on the beach all afternoon. Had food, burned some pics to CD. Sorry about the lack of pics on this website, it's always so slow every time I try or it doesn't work! Sunday 12th November FRASER ISLAND! Had to get up at 5.45. We met our self drive jeep safari group - Sami, Adrian, Charlene, Beth and Tom from England, Laura from Canada and Eric a...

Wednesday 8th November We caught the Greyhound to Agnes-Water/Town of 1770 at 6.45am, earliest yet! Checked into Cool Bananas, probably the best hostel we've stayed in. They closed the kitchen for cleaning 3 times a day! As soon as we got there we went on a 4x4 tour of the area. 1770 is an up and coming area, it's only had a road leading too it for the last 4 years so it's not overrun with tourists and the activities are really cheap compared with ot...

Sunday 5th November Spent 7 hours on a bus to Rockhampton! We thought Ascot Hotel, our hostel, was strange at first but now we love it! It's like a little house. A TV and lots of videos to keep us occupied. Necessary as Rockhampton looks like it's another Townsville! It's not a typical stop on the backpackers' route so it's dead cheap. We got a large pizza from the takeaway down the road for 3 pounds! Monday 6th November Myella farm stay! T...

Sunday 29th October It was another early start today. We got on the ferry back to Townsville and then got on the Greyhound for the 4 and a half hour journey down to Airlie Beach. We checked into Airlie Waterfront Backpackers and were pleased to find out that the 12 bed dorm was full and we'd have to sleep in the 4 bed. Damn! After we had checked out the amazing view of the ocean from the balcony we went to talk to Joey on reception about our Whitsundays sail...

Thursday 26th October We had to get up early which proved quite difficult after all the beer drunk the night before! We caught a bus down to Townsville where we bumped into a Brummie couple we met in Cape Trib. The Brummies really are everywhere! Our hostel looked like a motel, or maybe a prison. It was a bit weird as loads of Australians lived there. We went for a wander around town - it was so dull! We even had to hang around at a bar for it to start serving f...