Monday 6th October Today we drove for around 6 hours and got caught in terential rain, however, by the time we had reached Sydney it was bright sunshine. We are staying at Lizette and Tonys (Michelle's Mum's cousin) in Ryde which is only 25mins away from the centre on the bus. They are all really friendly and it's nice to be staying in a family home after weeks in the van. Tuesday 7th October We made sure we did all the tourist attractions today and went strai...

Thurs 2nd October We left the Gold Coast and headed inland to a national park today to see some scenery. We went to a waterfall and some lookouts before going to see a natural stone bridge. We got some great photos and were having quite a good day. However, when we left the natural bridge area we noticed that the light was on which said that a door was open. Michelle went out to close it and noticed that a back door was open (not just half shut as we thought i...

Sunday 28th We are staying at Main beach, which is a 30min walk into Surfers Paradise (but was the closest campsite). After parking up we walked into Surfers and OMG we have never seen so many six packs and half naked women walking around in our lives - it was so touristy and tacky. Danny was intimidated by the flat stomaches and Michelle made sure she kept her top on! We went on the beach and generally chilled out before having a McDonalds (we thought we might ...

So on the 26th September we got up at 7:30am to make sure we would get to Australia Zoo for when it opened at 9am. We even bought our tickets the day before so that we wouldn't have to queue when it did open. The good thing about doing this was that we managed to be practically the first people in the park. We headed straight to the Kangaroo area, which is a part of the zoo with the kangaroos roaming free and you just walk up to them and feed them. Because we we...

23rd - 24th September Today we got picked up at 7:45 in an ex army truck (it was like a 4x4 lorry) and got taken down to the ferry terminal to catch a ferry to Fraser Island - Fraser Island is situated just off the south Queensland coast opposite Hervey Bay and took about 50mins to reach. When we arrived on the island, it was clear straight away why we would need such a large truck as the whole island is made up of sand. We spent the day visiting various sights...