We had been told not to bother going to Hervey bay as there wasn't a lot to do there, but seeing as we had seven weeks to get to Sydney we thought we'd give it a try and we actually really liked it. We stayed at a hostel called Flashpackers which was one of the best hostel we have stayed in. It had free breakfast, free wifi, free DVD hire and cinema room with a huge projector and two pillows to each bed!! Every other hostel we have stayed in has one extra...

After a four hour drive we arrived at Southern Cross backpackers in Agnes Water, having not quite got over the worst of our hangovers we checked in and took advantage of the free DVD hire and cinema room. Then we made some Thai green curry and we were that stuffed we had to go sleep it off even though there was a party going on that night. The next day was a similar mix of doing nothing, until we nipped into town to our Castaway briefing. We had booked on a trip ...

On the way back to Emu Park we got talking to the driver and I was asking him if there was anywhere I could do a bit of fishing. He told me a spot to try so that afternoon we went to try our luck. The beach was a fair walk away and when we got there Mel had a sunbathe while I went fishing off the rocks. After a while of no bites I was looking out into the bay and kept seeing little black things poking out of the water then going back under and popping up somewher...

We travelled about 3hours in land over the mountains and down into the outback. Apparently without the Mt Morgon mountains no one would be able to live in Australia because there would be no rainfall and the only water you can get in the outback is from a massive underground water basin where the water takes 2 million years to filter through. When we got there we had lunch an were given the option to don a cowboy hat and a neckerchief. If we didn't wear the h...

An early start from Airlie beach to get to Emu park, well I say early, the bus left at 8am which these days is definitely early for us. Before we came away we paid for an Oz experience bus, but until now we had been taking the Greyhound busses as they are part of the same company. What we didn't realise is they are completely different services. The Greyhound is an express service where as the OZ bus goes a longer way round so the driver can point stuff out ...