Ok sorry this is so behind just a quick one to sum up the rest of our time in Australia.... So after Magnetic Island where we had a nice relaxing time with friends we headed up to mission beach. We stayed in a place calle dAbsolute backpackers which seemed lovely at first and it was .. badminton net and swimming pool etcc but over the 3 days we stayed there(it was run by a foreign couple quite old) we got told off a bit.. we were in the pool one day and the woma...

5 nights on Magnetic to soak up the sun and generally do nothing! we met a couple of girls in our room who were going southbound who had looked into hiring an open top barbie car(have to see the pics for it to be beleieved!) so clubed in with them to explore the island. we went up to a koala walk where we didnt see any koalas but did see some lovely views over the island. found a place called horseshoe bay where we had more time to sunbathe! not a very big isl...

well after fraser we made our way up to airlie beach- a really nice town and the gateway to the whitsunday islands. luckily we had a day before our trip to just relax, had lots of mornings setting alarms which wasnt what we like!! our boat was call the pride of Airlie, a catermeran with about 40 people on, it was a bit of a party boat but it was ok! 3 days and 2 nights of sailing around the islands, the nights were spent on South Molle island at a very nice res...

Sorry about the bad grammar and spelling by the way, guess who is typing?!! Ok so now onto Fraser Island the biggest Sand Island in the world and just 45 mins from the coast leaving from a place called Hervey Bay. We did a self drive 4x4 on Fraser Island, which means you get 3 days and 2 nights to explore the island of sand in a jeep style truck in groups. The company we had booked with vans were bright pink, so very exciting. 3 groups left including us so with...

So after our short stop at Brisbane, we were glad to be heading on up to Noosa where we could hit the beach again. On the way there we stopped at Thw Glass Hous Mountains and told we were going to take a short walk up to a lookout.... it was the steepest hill we have ever climbed and we nearly passed out by the time we reached the sumit haha but it did give us some lovely veiws which went for miles. When we got to our room (in Kolalas Hostel Noosa) I (Lauren) ac...