We took another overnight bus to Byron Bay.. we just love the buses! We had a wonder around the town and the beach that day... Byron is a fashionable little place with a great vibe. We attempted body boarding but the waves weren't that brill, so we resorted to jumping through and over the waves... so much for surfing. We think this surfing is a little bit of a myth.. we have seen a lot of people laid on the beach with boards.. and the waves don't seem to be that ...

We took about a 4 hour bus to reach the Miami of Australia. There isn't much to do here apart from party hard! The beach isn't that great. There is lots of construction going on at the moment to try and make it more upmarket. This time next year it will look lovely I'm sure. The beach is full of posers too, you don't seem to see many big people here on the beach. Anyway, we went out every night as that is the thing to do here. Neither of us have really brought...

We should have took a short early morning bus journey to Noosa, but it was delayed for 2 hours! Although I did manage to find a bargain dress buy in the meantime, $12! Noosa is a nice little town and one of the first stops for surfing if your heading South. We met up with some people from the Fraser tour, including the Germans and the two English girls, Gugs and Kat. It is amazing how many times you meet the same people. And there was me thinking Oz is a big co...

We took an evening bus through the night (about 12hrs) to Harvey Bay. The hostel we stayed at (Palace) was great, it was like an apartment. We had a walk along the esplanade and found a fitness track with bars for pull ups, sit up benches and resistance machines. We had good intentions that evening when the sun went down, but it didn't quite happen. We had a meeting for the 2 night Fraser Island 4x4 tour we were doing the following day. We met two English girls...

After a 12 hour bus journey through the night (not as bad as we first thought) we arrived at Airlie Beach to heavy rain! Instantly we were not in the best spirits, predicting that the boat trip would be rubbish with the rain. Our fears were later confirmed when we met up with two Canadian friends, Tyler and Aly, who had just returned from a two day two night, very wet boat trip . Their faces said it all! On the Friday morning it was still raining and the boat t...