Hello there, I'm at Rainbow Beach at the moment, the closest point to Fraser Island, the largest sand island in the world. Talking of which, I've just booked a 3 day adventure there, with 4WD car hire and camping equipment, it promises to be a very groovy trip. We've travelled just under 4,000km's at the mo, about 2,400 miles with only about 1600km's to go till we hit Cairns. It's all going to plan, which is crazy. And Rainbow Beach has some proper waves...

This place feels a lot like London so far. It's not quite as busy and it's also cleaner, but the whole city feel is similar to the UK's capital more so than any other place in Australia. After walking around the city yesterday, including the botanical gardens and man-made beach, I got the impression that Brisbane is an easy-going city, with slightly more up-market citizens than somewhere like Sydney. Last night got wasted at the Birdie num.num, which is a...

G'day Folks... Since Nelsons Bay, we've been close to the coast, cruising the Pacific Highway [1] and throwing ourselves into the big blue pond regularly. We've been steadily making our way to Brisbane, taking lots of time out due to us being ahead of schedule (I know, I can't believe it either!) First stop was RiverLodge campsite just north of Port Maquarie and south of Kempsey. It was a beautiful location where we managed to park our car right by the riv...