Our last week in Oz was the best yet! We spent three days chilling in Cairns and the other three days on two of the best trips of our lives... Great Barrier Reef- We spent two days on a boat out at see on the Great Barrier Reef. There was 20 of us on the boat (5 crew) and everyone was so nice and loads of fun. The boat was lovely and the crew kept us well fed throughout our time aboard the boat. It took about 3hours to get to the first reef and I was feeling p...

We spent two days camping on Fraser Island, it was so beautiful and lots of fun! We went on a tour, altogether there were ten of us and everyone was really nice. Our tour guide was a crazy oz with dreads down to his bum eek! Fraser Island is the worlds largest sand island and is particulalrly special as it has a beautiful rainforest on it with plants and trees that are rarely found living on sand. We were taken in a 4wheel drive and the guy bombed it down the b...

After Melbourne we flew to the Gold Coast as we had heard a lot about 'Surfer's Paradise', as it turned out this place is tacky as hell! THe beach is beautiful but unfortunately the two days we were there it was pretty grim weather- hot but rainy. So we moved onto Brisbane for a few days. There isn't much to do in Brisbane apart from wander the shops (not fun without money), stroll along the waterfront (not very impressive) and chill in the botanical gardens. I...

We flew in to Melbourne on Tuesday 11th, all very excited about it as everyone raves about it, preferring it to Sydney. As brilliant as it is it doesn't top the amazing sights of Sydney! We went for dinner in China Town and planned the next few days... We spent most of Weds exploring the Melbourne Museum... it is fascinating and very big! It had all about the aboriginals, how the whites claimed all their land etc. It also had about all the animals and bugs (ARGH...

YOWSA! We arrived in a sweltering Adelaide with temperatures of 40C! It was sooo hot but it was a dry heat so luckily not too many sweat makrs (phew). The lovely air-conditioned Holiday Inn was such a relief and SUCH a luxury! The hotel had a lovely pool and spa which was perfect for such heat. Matt and I arrived with hangovers... and after getting up at 4am (eek!) we weren't feeling nor looking our best! We mosied around the lovely town (very different to sydney...