Surfers Paradise We arrived at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast at 8:10am. We had already booked our accommodation at the hostel called Surf n Sun and arranged for their courtesy shuttle bus to pick us up and take us to the hostel. We booked just the one night here as we were moving onto Byron Bay where we would be spending 3 nights. We ended up with a large comfortable room and no air conditioning but we did have a fan! It was a little stuffy but we mana...

BrisbaneIt took just 1.5 hours on the Greyhound coach to reach Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, and the third largest city in Australia. We arrived at the transit centre at 6pm with no accommodation booked.We walked down the escalators to find an information desk with many accommodation brochures and a free telephone for calling accommodation. Mark telephoned some hostels to find their double and twin rooms were already booked!We were about to go for a ...

Noosa Heads We had a pleasant journey into Noosa Heads town passing multi-million dollar properties built on a island in the middle of the river. Apparently these properties are worth approx aud$7million! They also have their own jetty with a speed boat attached! Alright for some. Noosa is known to be like Cannes, a heady blend of beauty, sophistication and wealth. It was certainly oozing money. So, after passing the opulent surroundings, our Greyhound b...

Rainbow beach We arrived at Rainbow Beach which is a tiny seaside town with not much happening unless you want to chill on a beach, surf - although we didn't see anyone doing this - or need a gateway to Fraser Island. We had just got back from Fraser and can't surf so our options here were limited. Our hostel for the first night was Pippies which was friendly and clean enough but was sadly lacking on the bathroom front, as we found out when getting ready to...

Fraser Island It was Friday 5th November and we were up ready and packed for our trip to Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island (over 100 km long!!). We were picked up by 4wd minibus and taken to Rainbow Beach where we got the barge across to Fraser Island taking just 7 minutes! Unfortunately, it was raining on and off today but we didn't let that ruin our day as we knew it was jam packed with activities. Our first day consisted of driving along ...