Cairns, Queensland
So I've reached Cairns after traveling all the way up the east coast from Sydney, and what a time it was! As it turned out I traveled with 7 of the people I met in NZ, adding 3 more after Fraser Island, and peaking with 11 on the Whitsunday's.
I hired a car with the guys to go up to Brisbane via Byron Bay and Surfers Paradise. Byron was really great - brilliant weather so I sat on the beach all day and learned how to surf! It was easy and I was standing up i...