We survived magnetic island and didn't come away with too many bug bites which is always good news! Currently were staying in airlie beach which is a really nice beach resort....set up with backpackers in mind. Meaning lots of places to go out and a lagoon by the beach to recover in the day at! The weather has picked up so yesterday I managed to get a bit of my tan back!! Good news! Today we were planning on going to the lagoon again but its raining....boo. This ...

I'm sitting in what feels like the middle of the jungle writing this....luckily I'm also sitting here with a beer at the hostel bar! I'm currently staying 2 nights on magnetic island where we have come over to go to the koala sanctuary. We have been in oz now for 4 days since our trip over from Christchurch which felt like it took a life time!! We spent the last couple of days in Cairns. Where we were staying in a hostel room with 4 guys.....you could tell th...

I'm so behind on my blog I think that is a sign that I've been really busy and enjoying myself. As I'm writing this section on new zealand while currently in oz it will be kinda brief!! Wellington- we stayed in Wellington for a couple of nights. While there we just explored the city and went out with people from the bus. While in nelson we stayed in fernlodge, which is a hostel attached to an english style country pub with a really nice garden. It was a really ...

It took us ages to get to valley lodge as it is set deep into the country side, the nearest village is 45 minutes away! We had to choose either from 6 in a bunk bed dorms or a large dorm room where all the beds where on a shelf with the mattresses touching each other! This large dorm was also described as the orgy room....not quite a selling point!!! The group of us decided to stay in the small dorm room! When the guy was explaining about the lodge how is it E...

It took us ages to get to valley lodge as it is set deep into the country side, the nearest village is 45 minutes away! We had to choose either from 6 in a bunk bed dorms or a large dorm room where all the beds where on a shelf with the mattresses touching each other! This large dorm was also described as the orgy room....not quite a selling point!!! The group of us decided to stay in the small dorm room! When the guy was explaining about the lodge how is it E...